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Parkour vs Traceuse - What's the difference?

parkour | traceuse |

As nouns the difference between parkour and traceuse

is that parkour is 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 while traceuse is a female practitioner of parkour.

As a verb parkour

is to freerun; to use parkour (to move over).

parkour

Noun

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  • 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.
  • Verb

  • To freerun; to use parkour (to move over).
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , date = 2008-03-24 , title = Prototype [preview] , magazine = Xbox 360 , quotee = Tim Bennison , url = http://m.oxm.co.uk/3462/previews/prototype , passage = It's about running at 100mph through the world, then parkouring up an exploding cube van that's 100ft in the air, bouncing off it and hitting the wall and keeping on going. }}
  • * {{quote-book
  • , date = 2009-10-19 , first = Stephen , last = Davies , title = Hacking Timbuktu , publisher = Andersen Press , ol = 24091744M , isbn = 9781842708842 , section = ch. 24 , passage = They had parkoured seven roofs, clambered down a mango tree, and crossed over the bridge in the back of a donkey cart, unnoticed even by the driver. }}
  • * {{quote-web
  • , date = 2013-03-25 , title = Death Defying Photos Of Mustang Wanted , first = Aaron , last = Lindberg , site = Fstoppers , url = http://fstoppers.com/death-defying-photos-of-mustang-wanted , passage = The daring Ukrainian can be found on his website dangling off of tall buildings with one hand, scaling bridges and parkouring through urban landscapes in search of a personal thrill. }}
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  • See also

    * free running

    Synonyms

    * (sport) traceur * (wikipedia "parkour") ----

    traceuse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A female practitioner of parkour.
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