English > athletic game: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | A game / game involving athletic activity. |
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| Parts | maneuver, manoeuvre, play | A deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill |
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| overtime, extra time | Playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie |
| playing period, period of play, play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds |
| regulation time | (sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game |
| time-out | A brief suspension of play |
| Narrower | court game | An athletic game played on a court |
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| ice hockey, hockey, hockey game | A 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 |
| outdoor game | An athletic game that is played outdoors |
| tetherball | A game / game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole |
| water polo | A game / game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal |
| Broader | game | A contest with rules to determine a winner |
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| sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
| Spanish | juego atlético, juego deportivo |
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| Catalan | joc atlètic, joc esportiu |
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