freestyle
A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participationA sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.: A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke.
» We used to play freestyle walking, which was like freestyle skating without a skateboard.
Meaning
7 sensesA sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
(countable, uncountable)A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke.
Freistilschwimmen, Freistil
A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl.
Freistilschwimmen, Freistil
во́льный стильvólʹnyj stilʹ, фриста́йлfristájl
A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
(countable, uncountable)A cross-country skiing event in which the competitors may choose any style of skiing.
A cross-country skiing event in which the competitors may choose any style of skiing.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)The skiing style commonly referred to as skating.
A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
(countable, uncountable)A style of wrestling in which any non-injurious holds are permitted.
(countable, uncountable)A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while performing.
(attributive, broadly, countable, uncountable)Anything done in an improvised or unrestricted way.
- a race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use
Examples
7 sentencesWe used to play freestyle walking, which was like freestyle skating without a skateboard.
He practices freestyle football.
Tom is also swimming freestyle.
It almost seems as though this freestyle aerial skier has no more mountains to conquer in his sport.
Mary reluctantly agreed to listen to another one of Tom's freestyle raps.
deMaria willigte widerstrebend ein, sich noch eins von Toms Freistilplapperliedern anzuhören.
Translations
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Origin
From free + style.From free + style.
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Forms
plural: freestylesWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable