Recreation and Sports
- spiccato bowing
- bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings
- tango
- a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin
- crab
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
- ducks and drakes
- a game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water
- Bacchanalia
- an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
- 1-hitter
- a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only one hit
- piaffe
- a cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot
- match play
- golf scoring by holes won
- spar
- making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer
- spectator sport
- a sport that many people find entertaining to watch
- ice show
- any entertainment performed by ice skaters
- water polo
- a game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal
- bathe
- the act of swimming for pleasure or recreation
- courante
- a court dance of the 16th century; consisted of short advances and retreats
- running
- the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
- prestidigitation
- manual dexterity in the execution of tricks
- game of chance
- a game that involves gambling
- surfriding
- the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave
- program
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- racing
- the sport of engaging in contests of speed
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