Recreation and Sports
- golf game
- a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
- danse macabre
- a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave
- jackknife
- a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out
- scat
- singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- sashay
- a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps
- gymnastics
- a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
- three-ring circus
- a circus with simultaneous performances in three rings
- feria
- (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint
- bolero
- a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets
- mazurka
- a Polish national dance in triple time
- jitterbug
- a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
- pas de quatre
- (ballet) a dance for four people
- jazz festival
- a festival that features performances by jazz artists
- spin
- a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)
- Scottish reel
- a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
- rugby football
- a form of football played with an oval ball
- sculling
- rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell
- beguine
- a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba
- jamboree
- a gay festivity
- parade
- a visible display
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