HyperDic: contact_sport

English > 1 sense of the expression contact sport:
NOUNactcontact sporta sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players
English > contact sport: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players.
Narrowerboxing, pugilism, fisticuffsfighting with the fists
football, football gameAny of various games / games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
ice hockey, hockey, hockey gameA game / 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 sticks
wrestling, rassling, grapplingThe sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
Broadersport, athleticsAn active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

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