water sports

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various sports, such as swimming, water-skiing, or windsurfing, that take place in or on water

slang sexual practices that involve urination

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How to use water sports in a sentence

Proud Host Family in Support of the Rockaway Adaptive Water Sports Festival.
Heroism in the Rockaways After Hurricane Sandy|Michael Daly|November 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Praise all gods, the physical side of his training had included water sports.
The Sensitive Man|Poul William Anderson
She had given a garden party in the Bois de Boulogne, with water sports, and dances of sacred dancers, brought from Asia.
The Enemies of Women|Vicente Blasco Ibez
They found the boys at the camp in their bathing-suits, practicing for some water-sports that were to be held that week.
Peter Cotterell's Treasure|Rupert Sargent Holland

In the afternoon we repeated our excursion—all but the water sports—going this time to the south side of the cove.
Wilderness, A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska|Rockwell Kent
The Yacht Club consists of a number of wealthy gentlemen who are devoted to salt-water sports.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life|James D. McCabe