Synonyms:
sport, athletics
Meaning: an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
Usage examples
That was before the day of High-School athletics.
The same is true of the encouragement given to the growth of "college spirit," college athletics, and the like, in the higher institutions of learning.
"That," announced the Shaggy Man, "is a square meal, in condensed form. Invention of the great Professor Woggle-Bug, of the Royal College of Athletics.
Nor were the needs of his own bodily machine neglected; football, rowing, and the tennis court kept him in condition, and his athletics served to strengthen his appeals to the London boys whom he enrolled in the brigades.