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skyrunning

skyrunning noun: an extreme sport involving running on mountains or at high altitude.

Noun

skyrunning (uncountable)

  1. An extreme sport involving running on mountains or at high altitude.
    • I was photographing two of the best mountain runners in the world in a race that would soon become legendary in the world of trail, mountain, ultra and skyrunning: Transvulcania.2016, Ian Corless, “Introduction”, in Running Beyond: Epic Ultra, Trail and Skyrunning Races, →ISBN

Origin of skyrunning

From sky + running.

Questions about skyrunning

What does skyrunning mean?
Skyrunning means an extreme sport involving running on mountains or at high altitude.
What part of speech is skyrunning?
Skyrunning is a noun.

Words near skyrunning in the dictionary

  1. skyrockets
  2. skyrockety
  3. Skyros
  4. skyrunner
  5. skyrunners
  6. skyrunning
  7. skysail
  8. skysails
  9. skyscape
  10. skyscapes
  11. skyscraper

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