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parkour

noun par·kour \pär-ˈkr, ˈpär-ˌkr\

Definition of PARKOUR

:  the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently
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Origin of PARKOUR

French, alteration of parcours course, route, from Medieval Latin percursus, from Latin percurrere to run through, from per- + currere to run
First Known Use: 2002

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