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Parkour

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free runningnounThe activity of combining parkour with gymnastics to pass obstacles and demonstrate athletic talent, most often in urban environments.
freerunnoun(sports) Parkour.
base jumpingnoun(sports) An extreme sport consisting of jumping from a fixed structure on land, using a parachute.
parachutingnounThe sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.
jumpathonnoun(informal) A charity fundraising event involving jumping (typically trampolining or skydiving).
pole vaultnoun(athletics) a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit
sport acrobaticsnounacrobatic gymnastics
jump'n'runnoun(video games) A platform game that involves jumping over obstacles.
trampolinenounA gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually steel) frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
pole-vaultingnoun(athletics) The sport of performing pole vaults, especially in a competition
trampoliningnounA competitive sport performed on the trampoline.
sportnoun(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
platform gamenoun(video games) A video game of the genre characterized by jumping (or otherwise moving) to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles.
long jumpnounAn athletics field event where competitors attempt to jump as far as possible, after taking a run-up; a jump such as one performed in such an event.
plyosnoun(informal) plyometrics
b.a.s.e. jumpingnoun(sports) Alternative form of BASE jumping. [(sports) An extreme sport consisting of jumping from a fixed structure on land, using a parachute.]
divingnounThe action of the verb to dive in any sense.
high jumpnoun(uncountable) An athletics event where a competitor must jump over a bar placed gradually higher and higher.
artistic gymnasticsnoun(sports, gymnastics) A discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds, or less in the case of vaulting) on different apparatus.
track and fieldnoun(chiefly US) A group of athletic sports, consisting mainly of various kinds of running, jumping and throwing, that take place on a track and an enclosed field.

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