gymkhana
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Definition of gymkhana
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A competition where riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.
“In the afternoon the British held athletic sports, an impromptu military tournament, and a gymkhana, all of which caused much merriment and diversion, and the Boers profited by the cessation of the shell fire to shovel away at their trenches.”
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noun
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A competition where riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.
“In the afternoon the British held athletic sports, an impromptu military tournament, and a gymkhana, all of which caused much merriment and diversion, and the Boers profited by the cessation of the shell fire to shovel away at their trenches.”
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(India, Myanmar, dated)A place of public resort for athletic games, etc.
“These privileged gentlemen have a fine club on the Fateh Maidan, a suburb of Hyderabad city, and they enjoy sports and races at the local gymkhana, in fact, they have a very good time, if one may judge by their appearance.”
- (India, Myanmar, dated)A meeting for such sports.
- Synonym of motorkhana.
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(figuratively)Any event, situation, etc., with a broad array of elements.
“There was argument, public, private, and bar-parlor, with heated championship of one term or another on near-scientific, quasi-etymological, and a number of other grounds, but gradually one term began to dominate this philological gymkhana.”
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Etymology
From Hindustani گیند خانہ (gendxānā) / गेंदख़ाना (gendxānā, “racquet court”), from گیند / गेंद (gend, “ball”) + خانہ / ख़ाना (xānā, “court”). Influenced by gymnastics and gymnasium.
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