First Known Use: 2002
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parkour
noun par·kour \pär-ˈku̇r, ˈpär-ˌku̇r\
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
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