tuck
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5.9
- noun
- /tʌk/
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posición recogida
- To maximize speed while skiing downhill, you need to maintain a tight tuck position.
- a tuck position
- a tight tuck
- a back tuck
Examples
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The various exercises included jumping in place, squats, lunges, push-ups, planking, tuck jumps, burpees, and mountain climbing.
Blog text (3) -
When we come in for a landing, I want you to put them over your knees and assume a tuck position.
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-Let me see your tuck position.
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Luke comes up from his tuck.
Fiction book (1990) -
Standing back handspring back tuck, okay?
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I'm going to go into a tuck, into a full dish tuck, full dish first round.
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This Cheer Off is our last chance to cheer together, and to win it, we have to try a triple hip-hop double tuck Lindy.
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Pass the weight, inhale lower, exhale, scoop and curl as you lower optional double leg stretch, exhale, tuck the knees, inhale, reach, tuck the knees.
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The coach emphasized the importance of achieving a proper tuck during the dive.
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The gymnast executed a flawless tuck during her routine, impressing the judges.
Synonyms
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4.2
A low position with knees bent and body close to the ground to hide or get ready to move
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Etymology
Tuck in sports comes from the idea of folding the body into a tight shape, like drawing your knees up to your chest to make yourself smaller. So a tuck is the compact position athletes use to spin faster or move more smoothly through the air.