parkour

[ pahr-koor, -kawr, -kohr ]

/ pɑrˈkʊər, -ˈkɔr, -ˈkoʊr /

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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.

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Origin of parkour

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

Words nearby parkour

Parkinson's law, Parkinson's syndrome, park keeper, parkland, Parkman, parkour, Park Range, Park Ridge, Parks, park savanna, Parks, Rosa

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How to use parkour in a sentence

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.
Squirrels use parkour tricks to leap from branch to branch|Jonathan Lambert|September 13, 2021|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.
Watch Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Robot Crush a New Parkour Course|Vanessa Bates Ramirez|August 18, 2021|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.
This Robot Taught Itself to Walk in a Simulation—Then Went for a Stroll in Berkeley|Jason Dorrier|April 11, 2021|Singularity Hub
This, coupled with the best parkour system, series-topping animation blending and the most beautifully detailed world in the series, elevates this once-troubled game to the top of the list for me.
All the ‘Assassin’s Creed’ games, ranked|Elise Favis, Gene Park|November 11, 2020|Washington Post

They rollerblade, skateboard, perform beatbox and hip-hop, and do parkour.
If You Build It, They Will Skate|Maysoon Zayid|July 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for parkour

parkour

/ (ˈpɑːkˌɔː) /

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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