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hurdling

English

Noun

hurdling (countable and uncountable, plural hurdlings)

  1. (athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
  2. hurdles collectively; frames of twigs, etc. for enclosing land
    • 1993, Bob Rees, Marika Sherwood, Black Peoples of the Americas (page 51)
      It is not unusual to find the little school of a Jamaican village nothing more than a hut of wattled hurdlings, covered on the sides with mud or clay, rooted with palm leaves or grass.

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Verb

hurdling

  1. present participle of hurdle

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decathlon

English

Etymology

deca- +? -athlon, coined for the 1912 Summer Olympics in analogy to the word pentathlon.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /di??kæ?l?n/, /d??kæ?l?n/

Noun

decathlon (plural decathlons or decathla)

  1. An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.
  2. A contest in science and math proving skill.

Related terms

  • decathlete

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Italian

Etymology

deca- +? -athlon

Noun

decathlon m (invariable)

  1. (athletics) decathlon

Derived terms

  • decatleta

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