aerobate

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verb

To perform aerobatics.

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Meanings

verbaerobate (third-person singular simple present aerobates, present participle aerobating, simple past and past participle aerobated)

present singular third person aerobates · participle present aerobating · participle past aerobated · past aerobated

  1. aeronauticsTo perform aerobatics.

    As the tower clears us downwind for landing, we thread our way gingerly through a hurtling mass of aerobating lightplanes.

    1966 August, Flying Magazine, volume 79, number 2
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    A Harvard was then aerobated with commendable elan, accompanied by the usual powerful noises and public comment. By this time everyone's aeronautical appetite was thoroughly whetted to receive the next event[…]

    1948, The Aeroplane, volume 75, page 412

Origin

Back-formation from aerobatics?

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Chicago

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