Definition of Body English

1. Noun. A motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction.

Generic synonyms: Motility, Motion, Move, Movement

Definition of Body English

1. Noun. (idiomatic) 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 "persuade" the ball to go in a desired direction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Body English

bodrages
bodrags
bods
body
body-build
body-centreed cubic
body-check
body-con
body-hugging
body-part
body-parts
body-slam
body-surf
body-surfing
body-weight ratio
body English (current term)
body and soul
body armor
body armour
body bag
body bags
body burden
body catch
body catches
body cavity
body check
body checking
body checks

Literary usage of Body English

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1845)
"... non consideratur csse corpus, vcl esse magnum, is not Latin; nor the version of it, a point is a body which is not considered to be a body, English. ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1883)
"... Ре- body's English Journalism and the Men «K Have Made it, Lond. and NY, 1882 : Hatton's Journalistic London, reprinted with additions from Harper s ..."

3. Landmarks in English Industrial History by George Townsend Warner (1899)
"... slight were the rights of the individual in commerce, and how powerful the idea of membership of some corporate body. English traders might naturally ..."

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