parkour

[ pahr-koor, -kawr, -kohr ]

noun

1. 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.

parkour

/ ˈpɑːkˌɔː /

noun

1. the sport or activity of running through urban areas while performing various gymnastic manoeuvres over or on man-made obstacles such as walls and buildings Also calledfree running

Word History and Origins

Origin of parkour¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of parkour¹

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

Example Sentences

It allows you to track a wide variety of specific workouts that you would expect, like running, weightlifting, and boxing, but it veers into more surprising territory by tracking activities like circus arts, parkour, pickleball, and even caddying.

From Popular-Science

Like masters of parkour — the sport in which people leap, bounce and climb through an obstacle course — squirrels gauge the bendiness of branches when jumping.

From Science News

They find the squirrels’ tricks are similar to the stunts pulled by parkour athletes — people who scale walls, flip over railings and jump between buildings.

From Science News For Students

Two Atlases navigate a parkour course, complete with leaping onto and between boxes of different heights, shimmying down a balance beam, and throwing synchronized back flips.

From Singularity Hub 

Boston Dynamics, the heavyweight champ of robot videos, regularly releases mind-blowing footage of robots doing parkour, back flips, and complex dance routines.

From Singularity Hub 

They rollerblade, skateboard, perform beatbox and hip-hop, and do parkour.

From The Daily Beast

Parkour is the art of getting from one place to another, on foot, as creatively as humanly possible.

From The Daily Beast