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outdoor sport

/ˌˈaʊtˌˈdɔər spɔrt/
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Other forms: outdoor sports

Definitions of outdoor sport
  1. noun
    a sport that is played outdoors
    synonyms: field sport
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    types:
    hunt, hunting
    the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
    fishing, sportfishing
    the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
    battue
    a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
    beagling
    hunting rabbits with beagles
    coursing
    hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent
    deer hunt, deer hunting
    hunting deer
    duck hunting, ducking
    hunting ducks
    fox hunting, foxhunt
    mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
    pigsticking
    the sport of hunting wild boar with spears
    angling
    fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole)
    cast, casting
    the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
    type of:
    athletics, sport
    an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
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