sport
Definitions of sport
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an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competitionsynonyms: atletica, attività sportiva, slittinotypes:educazione fisica, ginnasticaa sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agilityscia sport in which participants must travel on skispattinaggiothe sport of gliding on skatesciclismothe sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcyclejudoa sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japanpodismothe act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a trackippicathe sport of racing horsesmotociclismoriding a motorcyclecacciathe pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sportpescathe act of someone who fishes as a diversionhockeya game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled stickspallanuotoa game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goaltype of:attività ricreativa, diversivo, divertimento, passatempo, piacere, ricreazione, sollazzo, svago, trastulloan activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
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the occupation of athletes who compete for paytype of:attività, impiego, job, lavoro, mestiere, occupazione, posto, professionethe principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
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