body English

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

change action move movement act direction flow oscillation motion changing passage flux mobility drift gesture
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Antonyms

still rest prevent stay decrease delay
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Hypernyms

move movement motion motility

Examples

He knows, of course, that a criminal organization like the Verbover ring can't flourish without the ready services of bagman and secret lobbyists, without regular applications of grease and body English to the works of government. Michael Chabon

By twitching your end of the spare halyard and the retrieval line with a bit of creative body English, you should eventually be able to get the noose around the end of the lost halyard. Source: Internet

Why not have a Buckner statue outside Fenway, or a Norwood statue, heavy on the body English, in downtown Buffalo? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

body dysmorphic disorder body elixir body emulsion body essence body farm body fascism