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aerobate

aerobate verb: to perform aerobatics.

Verb

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

  1. To perform aerobatics.
    • 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
    • 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

Forms of aerobate

third-person singular presentaerobates
present participleaerobating
past participleaerobated
pastaerobated

Origin of aerobate

Back-formation from aerobatics?

Questions about aerobate

What does aerobate mean?
Aerobate means to perform aerobatics.
What part of speech is aerobate?
Aerobate is a verb.
What is the past tense of aerobate?
The past tense of aerobate is aerobated.

Words near aerobate in the dictionary

  1. aeroballistically
  2. aeroballistics
  3. aerobar
  4. aerobars
  5. aerobat
  6. aerobate
  7. aerobated
  8. aerobates
  9. aerobatic
  10. aerobatically
  11. aerobatics

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