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Today's Word "parkour"

Sport of moving along a route by jumping climbing or running on

Published in Vocabulary

parkour \pahr-KOOR\ (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.

"Chaz and Linda saw parkour in the James Bond film 'Casino Royale,' but didn't know that this daring sport had a name until they read about it in their favorite daily vocabulary ezine"

 

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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