aerobate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from aerobatics?

Verb

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

1. (aviation) To perform aerobatics.
   • 1948, The Aeroplane, volume 75, page 412:

     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 […]

   • 1966 August, Flying Magazine, volume 79, number 2:

     As the tower clears us downwind for landing, we thread our way gingerly through a hurtling mass of aerobating lightplanes.