Definition of "athletic" in English

adjective

1. (not comparable) Having to do with athletes.

   • Are you a member of the American Athletic Association?

2. Physically active.

   • Since you're such an athletic person, you may wish to consider joining.

3. Having a muscular, well developed body, being in shape.

   • You have such an athletic build—you must work out regularly.

4. 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.

5. (video games) 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.

noun

1. A muscular, large–boned person, in the typology of Ernst Kretschmer.