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Merriam-Webster's Take on Sports?

Can you name the sports as they might be described in a dictionary?

By husker_fan_97
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Feb 16, 2017
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  • Not actual definitions, just how I thought they could be defined.
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move a projectile in the fewest attempts possible from a defined starting point though the air and along the ground by striking it with sticks to a specified area on the ground
redirect a projectile, before failing three times, into the 90 degree wide playing area while avoiding members of the opposing team and transversing 360 feet of path by foot
move a projectile using every part of the body excluding the upper appendage while trying to place the projectile into a upright area 24 feet wide by 8 feet tall
hit a projectile over the net using a solitary strike and bounce it in the opponents court twice before the opponent returns the projectile by doing the same
move projectile along the playing surface by passing or bouncing as to gain an adventageous position from which to toss the projectile into a round, elevated scoring area
control an oblong projectile with the upper appendages across the scoring line that the opponent is defending; or strike the projectile from the ground with the foot between posts
control a rubber disk using sticks along the playing area while trying to place the projectile into an upright area 6 feet wide by 4 feet tall
roll projectile along smooth surface, usually wood, as to displace a given number of upright structures, usually ten
hit a projectile over the elevated net using a maximum of three touches and bounce it in the opponents court before the opponent returns the projectile by doing the same
transverse by foot a given distance in less time than any opponent
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