contact sport

noun

1. any sport in which physical contact between players is an accepted part of play, as football, boxing, or hockey.

Example Sentences

Just the perspective I have on that is, you never know kind of when that moment is, just because it’s a contact sport and there’s a lot of training that goes into it.

From Washington Post

This obviously indicated that Faulconer or his staff had worked to see if the 49ers could play here or work out here after Santa Clara County banned contact sports to control the spread of coronavirus.

From Voice of San Diego

Compared with older siblings, younger siblings are around 40 percent more likely to be allowed to play dangerous contact sports, so they have more opportunity of making it to the top in these sports.

From FiveThirtyEight

The NFL needs to ensure that every team has a plan in case other municipalities decide to ban contact sports for a time.

From Washington Post

The list included a prohibition on contact sports for amateur athletes and no school-organized trips.

From Fortune

[THR] David Beckham fan stampede injures seven in Shanghai: Sometimes star gazing is a contact sport.

From The Daily Beast

But it looks like with his graying hair, he also has come to appreciate the benefits of a non-contact sport.

From The Daily Beast

Football is a contact sport, and people are irreparably hurt while playing it.

From The Daily Beast