Brachiate

//ˈbɹækɪət// adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation. intransitive

    "[…] brachiating from handhold to handhold like chimpanzees in a jungle."

  2. 2
    swing from one hold to the next wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having decussate branches.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having arms or armlike appendages wordnet
  2. 2
    having widely spreading paired branches wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
armedbranchycross-armed

Example

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"[…] brachiating from handhold to handhold like chimpanzees in a jungle."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin brachiātus, from brachium (“arm, branch”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

Back-formation from brachiator, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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