PE class

Dodgeball period, informally

PE class is physical education class—the part of a school day devoted to exercise, sports, and fitness activities.

Students change into gym clothes and participate in activities like running, basketball, or dodgeball.

The term evokes memories of locker rooms, fitness tests, and being picked last for teams: I have PE class right after lunch.

Related

sneakers · sweat · locker room · laps · basketball · volleyball · rope climb · push-ups · stretching · coach · shorts · bleachers · relay race · team sports · calisthenics · fitness · track · jumping jacks

Categories
Opposites
physical activity vs. sedentary learning

PE classstudy hall

Supervised schoolwork time

math class · reading time · desk work · classroom instruction · computer lab

social structure

PE classindependent study

Self-directed academic project

silent reading · self-paced learning · private study · detention

Family

class, physical, education, physical education, physically, physics, physician, classy, classify

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G