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

In the finale, Fez is in the news for using parkour to escape from prison, with Rue rushing to reunite with him. —Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 June 2026

Rue finds out that Fez used parkour to escape prison. —Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 31 May 2026

Youth sports summer camps, mountain bike races and a variety of sports classes and clinics — ranging from skateboarding and scootering to tumbling and ninja parkour — are on the resort’s books for the spring and summer months. —Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026

Classes offered include fight choreography, martial arts, parkour, acrobatics, high falls, wrecks, wirework, rigging workshops, weapons and acting classes. —Matias Ocner, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026

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