Meaning | A sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players. |
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Narrower | boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs | fighting with the fists |
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football, football game | Any 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 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 |
wrestling, rassling, grappling | The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down |
Broader | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
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