Definition of "athletic"

athletic

/æθˈlɛt.ɪk/

adjective
comparative more athletic, superlative most athletic
1. (not comparable) Having to do with athletes.
2. Physically active.
3. Having a muscular, well developed body, being in shape.
4. An attribute of a motion or play which requires fine physical ability.
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.
  Quotations
  An athletic course in which Mario must traverse rotating lifts and stretch blocks.
  2018, Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia, Milwaukie: Dark Horse, page 65
  Mario levels are usually indicated to belong to one of five types (overworld, underground, athletic, castle, underwater)2. The type determines the aesthetic style of the level, but also affects the challenges that are posed. For example, athletic levels usually contain platforms that are spaced far apart, as well as moving platforms. They thus require precise and timed jumps to traverse.
  2019, S. M. Lucas, V. Volz, “Tile pattern KL-divergence for analysing and evolving game levels”, in Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, page 171
noun
plural athletics
1. A muscular, large–boned person, in the typology of Ernst Kretschmer.