Gymnastics [noun]

You have even gone so far as to insist upon my practising gymnastics a little.

He got through without difficulty; for he knew the entrance well, and was master of these gymnastics in the sea.

It was equally an interesting plaything and a source of mental gymnastics.

Mathematics may be called narrow, but no one can have sound intellectual culture without these mental gymnastics.

It exercised the intellect and strengthened it, as gymnastics do the body, without enlarging it.

Light gymnastics are practised by all except individuals who have been permanently excused by the physician.

I had to do some fancy gymnastics to keep from ending up six feet under—literally.

They have slung language in the fashion of a circus publicity agent, and by their verbal gymnastics have attracted attention.

Peg is having first-rate "opportunities" in the way of dancing, gymnastics and other accomplishments of a bodily sort.

He performed a tattoo on the red kopdoek—a sure sign that he was in the thick of mental gymnastics.