Recreation and Sports

foolery
foolish or senseless behavior
 
yodeling
singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto
 
tombola
a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum
 
spiccato bowing
bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings
 
gavotte
an old formal French dance in quadruple time
 
habanera
a Cuban dance in duple time
 
solfeggio
singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major
 
skinny-dip
a naked swim
 
ballroom dance
any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
 
mambo
a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba
 
troll
angling by drawing a baited line through the water
 
acrobatics
the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
 
hockey
a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net
 
numbers racket
an illegal daily lottery
 
danse macabre
a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave
 
bolero
a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets
 
beguine
a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba
 
show
the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
 
tightrope walking
walking on a tightrope or slack rope
 
row
the act of rowing as a sport
 
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