parkour

[pahr-koo r, -kawr, -kohr]

noun

the sport of moving along a route, typically in a city, trying to get around or through various obstacles in the quickest and most efficient manner possible, as by jumping, climbing, or running: his amazing parkour skills.

Origin of parkour

2000-05; alteration of French parcours course, route < Medieval Latin percursus < Latin percurrere to run through < per- through + currere to run

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Examples from the Web for parkour

Contemporary Examples of parkour

They rollerblade, skateboard, perform beatbox and hip-hop, and do parkour.
If You Build It, They Will Skate
Maysoon Zayid
July 17, 2013
Parkour is the art of getting from one place to another, on foot, as creatively as humanly possible.
If You Build It, They Will Skate
Maysoon Zayid
July 17, 2013

British Dictionary definitions for parkour

parkour

noun

the sport or activity of running through urban areas while performing various gymnastic manoeuvres over or on man-made obstacles such as walls and buildingsAlso called: free running

Word Origin for parkour

C20: from French parcour, used by the creators of the activity to mean `obstacle course'

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