α. 1900s– scissor kick.
β. 1900s– scissors kick.
单词 | scissors kick |
释义 | scissors kickn.α. 1900s– scissor kick. β. 1900s– scissors kick. 1. Swimming. A leg movement used as part of a swimming stroke in which the legs, held rigid, are parted slowly in a vertical plane, and brought together forcefully. Cf. scissors n. 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > stroke > specific hand over hand1844 sidestroke1852 breast swimming1861 steamer1861 breaststroke1864 dog paddle1874 backstroke1876 trudgen1893 frog kick1896 overstroke1902 scissors kick1902 crawl1903 scissors1908 freestyle1916 doggy paddle1921 front crawl1924 back-crawl1929 butterfly stroke1934 butterfly1936 butterfly kick1937 α. β. 1904 Sail & Sweep Mar. 138/2 He swims the ‘Trudgeon’ stroke with his arms but has not been able to master the scissors kick.1973 Funk & Wagnalls New Encycl. XXII. 367/1 Sidestroke. This stroke, employed on either the right or left side with a scissors kick,..is of particular value for lifesaving technique, but is not used in competition.1974 ‘G. Black’ Golden Cockatrice xii. 200 I saw their legs..the girl doing a scissors kick that seemed to weaken as I swam towards them.1999 Sewanee Rev. 107 191 I loved to watch Your own Australian crawl, the muscled arms, The perfect scissors kick.1902 N.Y. Athletic Club Jrnl. Sept. 11/2 Schaeffer is also a master of the art of using the scissor kick to propel one's self when swimming. 1980 Boys' Life July 58 A scissor kick combined with shallow arm pulls will bring you both to shore. 2008 B. S. Mohnsen Teaching Middle School Physical Educ. (ed. 3) xvi. 417 Jump into deep water, tread water with scissor kick (same kick used for side-stroke). 2. a. Any of various types of kick which involve a scissor-like motion of the legs. ΚΠ 1917 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 945/1 The scissors kick is the best style of kicking. In it the kicker jumps and kicks with the same foot and alights on the other foot. 1965 Black Belt Jan. 38/2 The mule kick, the scissors kick, the step over to free a grasped arm, etc. are well known maneuvers in our own culture and can hardly be classed as ‘secret arts’. 1981 Weekly World News 14 Apr. 40/4 For the tummy, lie back on the floor, lift feet toward ceiling and bicycle ride. Do scissor kicks by lifting legs off the floor and crossing feet in front of body. 1993 Dance Internat. Summer 15 Tewsley alternately nails his landings and loses control of a complicated series of scissor kicks. 2003 P. Kay et al. Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights: Scripts 1st Ser. Episode 1. 14/2 Max (Demonstrates )..quick scissor kick to the temple. Goodnight, my friend. b. spec. Association Football. A mid-air kick involving a scissor-like motion of the legs; esp. an overhead kick or volley on goal executed in this manner. Frequently attributive. Cf. bicycle kick n. at bicycle n. Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres footer1781 place-kick1845 place-kicking1845 punt1845 miskick1868 footwork1871 goal-kicking1871 shinning1873 punt kick1876 tackle1876 heading1887 dribble1889 throw-in1896 breakaway1906 right-footer1906 set piece1938 long ball1954 scissors kick1955 1955 Times 28 Nov. 4 Quick, high volleying, acrobatic scissors kicks, and powerful heading from strong defenders..was, and probably always is, the order of the day. 1970 B. Glanville Puffin Bk. Football iv. 55 Leonidas..had a speciality known as the Aerial Bicycle Kick, which has come to be known since the war as the Scissor Kick, when he would take off from the ground, and while in mid-air kick the ball powerfully over his head at the goal. 1986 Scotsman 16 June 16/1 A glorious Pele-style scissor-kick goal by little midfielder Manuel Negrete inspired Mexico to an emphatic 2-0 win over Bulgaria. 1998 K. Sampson Extra Time 272 Just before half time Michael Owen executes an outrageous scissor-kick volley. 2013 Express (Nexis) 3 June 62 Leighton Baines..blocked an early scissors-kick from Barcelona new boy Neymar and the tone was set. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1902 |
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