Recreation and Sports
- cockfighting
- participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight
- high jinks
- noisy and mischievous merrymaking
- rumba
- a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement
- shovelboard
- a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface
- transposition
- (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
- tango
- a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin
- extemporization
- a performance given extempore without planning or preparation
- surf casting
- casting (artificial) bait far out into the ocean (up to 200 yards) with the waves breaking around you
- fandango
- a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets
- twist
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
- Fosbury flop
- jumping over the bar backwards and head first
- snake dance
- a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked
- team sport
- a sport that involves competition between teams of players
- sexcapade
- a sexual escapade; an illicit affair
- lucky dip
- a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random
- do-si-do
- a square-dance figure; two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original places
- lottery
- players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
- extravaganza
- any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment
- carousal
- revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- 2-hitter
- a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 2 hits
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