"athletic game" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of:
- game - a contest with rules to determine a winner
- athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
subtypes:
- hockey, hockey game, ice hockey - a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks
- tetherball - a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole
- water polo - a game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal
- outdoor game - an athletic game that is played outdoors
- court game - an athletic game played on a court
has:
- maneuver, manoeuvre, play - a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- regulation time - (sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game
- extra time, overtime - playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
- period of play, play, playing period - (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- time-out - a brief suspension of play