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ATHLETIC
acrobatic, athletic, gymnastic
(adjective) vigorously active; “an acrobatic dance”; “an athletic child”; “athletic playing”; “gymnastic exercises”
athletic
(adjective) having a sturdy and well proportioned body; “an athletic build”
athletic
(adjective) relating to or befitting athletics or athletes; “athletic facilities”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
Athletic (plural Athletics)
(baseball) A player on the team Oakland Athletics.
• Smith became an Athletic as a result of a pre-season trade.
(soccer, uncountable) Short for Athletic Club, a Spanish professional club more often known in English as Athletic Bilbao.
Anagrams
• thetical
Etymology
Adjective
athletic (comparative more athletic, superlative most athletic)
(not comparable) Having to do with athletes.
Physically active.
Having a muscular, well developed body, being in shape.
An attribute of a motion or play which requires fine physical ability.
Anagrams
• thetical
Source: Wiktionary
Ath`let"ic, a. Etym: [L. athleticus, Gr. Athlete.]
1. Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.
2. Befitting an athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as, athletic Celts. "Athletic soundness." South.
– Ath*let"ic*al*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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