Body-slam
a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
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a person who steals corpses; graverobber. Slang. an agency that recruits executives working for one company to fill top management positions in another. Historical Examples The Woman Gives Owen Johnson Berry And Co. Dornford Yates The History of Burke and Hare George Mac Gregor The Danish History, Books I-IX Saxo Grammaticus (“Saxo the Learned”) Harper’s […]
- Body-line
adjective (cricket) denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman’s body Historical Examples Evolution in Art Alfred C. Haddon
- Body-snatching
the act or practice of robbing a grave to obtain a cadaver for dissection. Historical Examples The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Rex Beach The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 James Blake Bailey The Onslaught from Rigel Fletcher Pratt The Man in the Twilight Ridgwell Cullum The Great Riots of New York 1712 […]
- Body-stocking
a close-fitting, one-piece garment made of knitted or stretch material and usually covering the feet, legs, trunk, and arms, worn as an exercise costume or under other clothing. noun a one-piece undergarment for women, usually of nylon, covering the torso
- Bodysuit
a close-fitting, one-piece, usually sleeved garment for the torso, having a snap crotch. noun another name for body (sense 16) a one-piece undergarment for a baby