Parkour

//pɑːˈkʊə// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, flipping, and other similar physical movements. uncountable
  2. 2
    An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, and other similar physical movements. wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To freerun; to use parkour (to move over). intransitive, transitive

    "It's about running at 100mph through the world, then parkouring up an exploding cube van that's 100ft in the air, bouncing off it and hitting the wall and keeping on going."

Synonyms

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traceur

Example

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"Tom can parkour through anything."

Etymology

From French parkour, altered spelling of parcours (“course, route”).

Related phrases

free running

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