Armstand dive
a dive starting from a handstand at the end of a springboard or a platform with the diver’s back to the water.
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to subject to arm-twisting: the unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
- Arkite
arkite (gen. 10:17; 1 chr. 1:15), a designation of certain descendants from the phoenicians or sidonians, the inhabitants of arka, 12 miles north of tripoli, opposite the northern extremity of lebanon. historical examples taurione, is remarkable, for “taurus was an emblem of the ark, and by taurione was signified the arkite dove.” tradition john francis […]
- Arm, the
arm, the related terms put the arm on someone, ride the arm, a shot in the arm
- Arm-twisting
the use of threat, coercion, or other forms of pressure and persuasion to achieve one’s purpose: it took a lot of arm-twisting but he finally agreed to work this weekend. to subject to arm-twisting: the unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes. contemporary examples he and those like him think the time […]
- Arm-waver
arm-waver noun an excitable or emphatic person