He tried to help the putt fall by using body English.
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body English — ☆ body English n. [see ENGLISH, n. 6] a follow through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi involuntary or joking effort to control the ball s movement … English World dictionary
body English — {n.}, {informal} The wishful attempt to make a ball move in the right direction after it has been hit or let go, by twisting the body in the desired direction. * /He tried to help the putt fall by using body English./ … Dictionary of American idioms
body English — {n.}, {informal} The wishful attempt to make a ball move in the right direction after it has been hit or let go, by twisting the body in the desired direction. * /He tried to help the putt fall by using body English./ … Dictionary of American idioms
body English — noun N. Amer. 1》 a follow through motion after throwing a ball. [from English (in sense 2).] 2》 another term for body language … English new terms dictionary
body English — Sports. a twisting of the body by a player as if to help a ball already hit, rolled, or kicked to travel in the desired direction. [1905 10] * * * … Universalium
body English — noun A body motion made to coax an object already propelled go in a desired direction. For example, a nervous leaning or twisting movement while playing sports such as golf or bowling, to … Wiktionary
body English — bod′y Eng lish n. spo a twisting of the body by a player as if to help a ball hit, thrown, etc., to travel in the desired direction • Etymology: 1905–10 … From formal English to slang
body English — noun a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction • Hypernyms: ↑motion, ↑movement, ↑move, ↑motility … Useful english dictionary
body English — noun Date: 1908 bodily motions made in a usually unconscious effort to influence the progress of a propelled object (as a ball) … New Collegiate Dictionary
English — Englishness, n. /ing glish/ or, often, / lish/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc. 2. belonging or pertaining to, or spoken or written in, the English language. n. 3. the people of… … Universalium
