"contact sport" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: contact sports [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} contact sport (plural contact sports)
  1. (sports) An athletic contest which involves a significant amount of physical contact between the participating athletes. Wikipedia link: contact sport Categories (topical): Sports Translations (sport involving physical contact): contactsport (Dutch), kontaktiurheilu (Finnish), kontaktilaji (Finnish), sport de contact [masculine] (French), sport kontaktowy [masculine] (Polish), esporte de contato [masculine] (Portuguese), конта́ктный вид спо́рта (kontáktnyj vid spórta) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-contact_sport-en-noun-l-Shknhk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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