parkour

noun

par·​kour pär-ˈku̇r 

ˈpär-ˌku̇r

: the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently

Examples of parkour in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s an athleticism and a cheekiness to the Hoggett school of stage movement — the street is always present, along with pinches of parkour, blended with elements of more traditional dance that would probably make a real posse of youths roll their eyes. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025

Especially considering similar games like Ghostrunner and Neon White have taken a bite out of Dying Light's parkour pie. —Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025

For years, humanoid robots appeared only occasionally—usually in the form of viral clips of the Boston Dynamics Atlas doing parkour or RoboCup humanoid league bloopers that served more as comic relief than serious news. —Maya Cakmak, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025

The experience will also include a lavish after-party at LIV in Miami Beach, all while Fortnite players engage in scavenger hunts, mini-games, and parkour levels. —Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 31 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

French, alteration of parcours course, route, from Medieval Latin percursus, from Latin percurrere to run through, from per- + currere to run

First Known Use

2002, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for parkour

• barker
• darker
• marker
• starker
• biomarker

Kids Definition

parkour

noun

par·​kour pär-ˈku̇r 

ˈpär-ˌku̇r

: the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently