extreme sportnoun [ C ]
uk/ɪkˌstriːm ˈspɔːt/us/ɪkˌstriːm ˈspɔːrt/B1 a sport that is very dangerous and exciting, for example, skydiving and bungee jumping
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Dangers and threats
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- calculated risk
- chance
- darkly
- desperately
- dodgy
- firetrap
- hazard
- hazardous
- hazmat
- high-risk
- hostage
- perilous
- poisoned chalice
- precarious
- pull
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- treacherous
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- And they come to do extreme sports – sports that are exciting but also dangerous.
- Do you love walking across suspension bridges, driving your car fast, or doing extreme sports?
- Even though they can be very dangerous, some of these extreme sports like ski jumping, luging, and whitewater kayaking are regular events at the Olympic Games.
- In this extreme sport, the climbers hold onto the rocks only with their hands and feet – they don’t use ropes.
- One of these extreme sports is called free solo climbing.
- Should extreme sports be included in international competitions like the Olympic Games?
- Should people be free to participate in extreme sports despite the level of danger involved?
- There are already many extreme sports, and probably many more to be invented.
- This might explain why more and more people, especially men, are doing extreme sports in their free time.
- What do you think of extreme sports?
- Whitewater rafting is an extreme sport.