gymnastics

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physical exercises and activities performed inside, often using equipment such as bars and ropes, intended to increase the body's strength and the ability to move and bend easily:

I do gymnastics after school on Fridays.

She won several medals in the gymnastics.

the US women's gymnastics team

the ability to think, speak, sing, etc. quickly and cleverly, especially while changing what you are thinking, saying, or singing many times:

verbal gymnastics His verbal gymnastics while trying to avoid answering the question were astonishing.

vocal gymnastics We all admired the singer's vocal gymnastics.

mental gymnastics I'd like to handle my own financial affairs without having to do mental gymnastics.