Freestyle
[free-stahyl] /ˈfriˌstaɪl/
noun
1.
Swimming.
2.
Wrestling. .
3.
(in other sports) a performance or routine featuring relatively free, unrestricted movement or intended to demonstrate an individual’s special skills or style, as in figure skating, gymnastics, or surfing.
/ˈfriːˌstaɪl/
noun
1.
a competition or race, as in swimming, in which each participant may use a style of his or her choice instead of a specified style
2.
3.
a series of acrobatics performed in skiing, etc
4.
(as modifier): a freestyle event
n.
1912, in swimming, in reference to a distance race in which the swimmers may use whatever stroke they choose; 1950 in general use, from free + style. As an adjective, from 1957; as a verb, by 1970 (in martial arts).
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