/ak"reuh bat'/ , n.
1. a skilled performer of gymnastic feats, as walking on a tightrope or swinging on a trapeze.
2. a person who readily changes viewpoints or opinions.
[ 1815-25; acrobate akróbatos walking on tiptoe, equiv. to akro- ACRO- + -batos, verbal adj. of baínein to go; F word may be recoinage, or etymological reading of the Gk word ]