"obstacle course" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: obstacle courses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} obstacle course (plural obstacle courses)
  1. A course with a series of physical challenges that one performs sequentially. Synonyms: assault course, obstacle race, obby [informal] [video-games] Translations (course with a series of physical challenges that one performs sequentially): hindernisbaan [feminine] (Dutch), esterata (Finnish), course d’obstacles [feminine] (French), Hindernislauf [masculine] (German), Hindernisparcours [masculine] (German), Hindernisstrecke [feminine] (German), tor przeszkód [masculine] (Polish), hinderbana [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-obstacle_course-en-noun-DLqWsW9M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'course with a series of physical challenges that one performs sequentially': 99 1
  2. (figuratively) A painful and strenuous experience; hassle. Tags: figuratively Translations (strenuous experience, hassle): esterata (Finnish), koetinkivi (Finnish), parcours du combattant [masculine] (French), Hindernislauf [masculine] (German), Hindernisparcours [masculine] (German), przeszkoda [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-obstacle_course-en-noun-ck2d9fzO Disambiguation of 'strenuous experience, hassle': 2 98

Inflected forms

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