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scissors kick
noun as in swimmer's kicking mode
Example Sentences
Lukebakio went close with a scissors kick in the second half but neither side could force a winner.
He also became a master of the overhead, or scissors kick, often scoring when he had his back to goal.
Since the first modern Olympics, high jumpers had employed techniques from a standing jump to a scissors kick to straddle to a roll — all of them feet first.
A game that had been meandering along amid much mediocrity came to life on the stroke of halftime when Can's extraordinary overhead scissors kick from Lucas's chipped through ball rocketed into the top corner.
After half-time Messi was inches away from his 500th career goal with a scissors kick before Neymar hit the far post and then sent a shot whistling just wide.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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