Recreation and Sports

pleasantry

an agreeable or amusing remark

 

teasing

playful vexation

 

jig

any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping

 

snorkel diving

skin diving with a snorkel

 

scuba diving

skin diving with scuba apparatus

 

nautch

an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls

 

apache dance

a violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld)

 

toe dance

a dance performed on tiptoe

 

sashay

a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps

 

raree-show

a street show

 

fishing

the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

 

bait casting

the single-handed rod casting of a relatively heavy (artificial) bait

 

cancan

a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line

 

stomp

a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step

 

high jump

the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar

 

roller skating

skating on wheels

 

doctor

children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office

 

farandole

a lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures

 

belly whopper

a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water

 

track and field

participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it