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noun
- (altspellpar, facemask)
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noun - (basketball) a jump shot made while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space between the shooter and the defender, making it much harder to block.
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| fake |
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noun
- A trick; a swindle.
- Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
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verb (fak, ing)
- To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
- To make; to construct; to do.
- To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.
adjective
- Not real; false, fraudulent.
- Which fur coat looks faker?
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| false start |
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noun
- (sports) The starting of a race before being signaled to do so.
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noun (plural finish lines)
- A line marking the end of a race.
- The five exhausted runners crossed the finish line one after the other.
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| flare |
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noun
- A brightly burning light used to attract attention in an emergency, or to illuminate an area.
- The flares steered the traffic away from the accident.
- A widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans.
- That's a genuine early '70's on those pants.
- (aircraft) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
- The captain executed the perfectly, and we lightly touched down.
- (baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders
- Jones hits a little to left that falls for a single.
verb (flar, ing)
- (intransitive): To blaze brightly.
- The blast furnace flared in the night.
- (intransitive): To burn unsteadily.
- (intransitive): To burst out suddenly, as in anger (often with up or out.)
- The insult made him up.
- (transitive): to make flare.
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| floor exercise |
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noun
- (context, gymnastics) A performance on a mat covered floor using no apparatus.
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| franchise |
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noun
- A right or privilege officially granted to a person or a company by a government; an acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.
- The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area; the grantor or recipient of such authorization.
- A legal exemption from jurisdiction.
- The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.
- The right of vote, voting at a public election.
- An excellent player in a team sport.
verb (franchis, es)
- (transitive) To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
- (context, transitive, rare) To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.
Person
Franchise may refer to Jordan McPhee?. A basketball player from Canada.
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noun - In football, soccer and related ballgames, a kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference from the opposition. Such a kick may be awarded for a foul by the opposition, or earned by a player such as by taking a mark.
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| freestyle |
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noun
- A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke; in practice, always the crawl
- A style of wrestling in which any non-injurious holds are permitted
- A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
- A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while rapping.
- Note: also used as an adjective and adverb in all senses
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| freeze |
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noun
- A period of intensely cold weather.
- (curling) A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
- (finance) A block on pay rises
verb (freezes, freezing, froze or rarely frore, frozen or rarely froren)
- (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
- It didn't this winter, but last winter was very harsh.
- (context, intransitive, informal) To be very cold.
- It's freezing in here!
- (intransitive) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
- The pond has frozen over.
- Vodka won't in there, but beer will.
- (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
- Don't meat twice.
- (intransitive) To become motionless.
- The squirrel froze when it saw the hawk overhead.
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