Definition of "parkour" [parkour]

• An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, and other similar physical movements. (noun)
• To freerun; to use parkour (to move over). (verb)

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• "The name parkour derives from the French word "parcourir," which means to travel, and the basics are this: to navigate an urban landscape by climbing, jumping and running over any obstacle in your path and doing it all with artful fluidity."
• "I basically look at the game as a parkour simulation with a story wrapped around it, and the aim of parkour is to get from one place to another as fast as possible."
• "First off, apparently parkour is the new chase scene."