parkour

[pahr-koor, -kawr, -kohr]

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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.

parkour

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noun

Also called: free running.��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

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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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of parkour¹

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

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Downs: On “Broad City,” I had to learn and do parkour.

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As well as live music, there are dozens of events, including parkour, football, arts and crafts, and yoga.

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And then he does a bunch of parkour moves.

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"We've seen the likes of parkour and more urban based sports, like skateboarding, being accepted and brought into the Olympics - so this has aligned well with that and we were pleased to avail of it," he said.

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Before working in film, Jenkin was accomplished in parkour.

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