What does "aerobatics" mean?

The practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights.

Aerobatics

Common synonyms include: stunt flying, acrobatic flight, acrobatics, acrobatics, aerial acrobatics, aerobatic discipline.

noun

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Noun

1
The practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. uncountable
2
the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft wordnet

"Some birds indulge in aerobatics, seemingly for the sheer pleasure of doing so."

Blend of aeronautic + acrobatics.