athletic /æθˈlɛt.ɪk/adjective 5noun 1forms 3 adjective5 •Having to do with athletes.Are you a member of the American Athletic Association? •Having a muscular, well developed body, being in shape.You have such an athletic build—you must work out regularly. •Physically active.Since you're such an athletic person, you may wish to consider joining. •An attribute of a motion or play which requires fine physical ability.The center fielder made an athletic play to snatch the ball from over the fence. •Of a level in a Super Mario game: with an emphasis on platforming challenge, often involving precise jumps between floating platforms above a bottomless pit, and having upbeat background music.An athletic course in which Mario must traverse rotating lifts and stretch blocks. — 2018 noun1 •A muscular, large–boned person, in the typology of Ernst Kretschmer. formsathletics · more athletic · most athletic
Athletic noun2 •A player on the team Oakland Athletics.Smith became an Athletic as a result of a pre-season trade. •Short for Athletic Club, a Spanish professional club more often known in English as Athletic Bilbao. formsAthletics