Definition of parkour
: the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently
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Recent Examples of parkour from the Web
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Lately, West’s free thought seems more akin to parkour: stunt after stunt after stunt, executed with high risk and speed at great heights.
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The title grants him enough parkour powers to run up the speechless invaders and lop their heads off.
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Dying Light’s loot system and parkour were already itching for a competitive mode, and Bad Blood makes good on the concept.
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The first-person parkour that contributed to Dying Light’s success is fully intact in Bad Blood, meaning players are constantly vaulting across rooftops, scaling walls, sliding under traps, and so on.
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This relentless action refuses to let Vikander catch her breath, always asking her to exude a hustle reminiscent of Daniel Craig’s exhausting-looking parkour in Casino Royale or Charlize Theron’s ass-whooping in Atomic Blonde.
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In 2017 alone, a man besides Berube got stuck while trying to enter a residence, another while trying to burglarize a business — and yet another, while doing parkour.
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The series' signature parkour has evolved into an even more freeflowing and natural exercise than ever.
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Great exploration and seamless integration of parkour feels like the series has finally fulfilled its purpose.
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Origin and Etymology of parkour
French, alteration of parcours course, route, from Medieval Latin percursus, from Latin percurrere to run through, from per- + currere to run
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