Recreation and Sports
- no-hit game
- a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits
- surfboarding
- the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave
- tap dance
- a dance step tapped out audibly with the feet
- extravaganza
- any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment
- break dancing
- a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground; normally performed to the rhythm of rap music
- juggle
- throwing and catching several objects simultaneously
- nautch dance
- an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls
- curvet
- a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
- professional boxing
- boxing for money
- belly whopper
- a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water
- outdoor game
- an athletic game that is played outdoors
- adagio
- a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers
- superfecta
- a bet that you can pick the first four finishers in a race in the right order
- high jinx
- noisy and mischievous merrymaking
- coloratura
- singing with florid ornamentation
- golf
- 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
- cricket
- a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
- contra danse
- a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
- beguine
- a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba
- hymnody
- the act of singing psalms or hymns
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