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KICK TURN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kick turn mean? 

KICK TURN (noun)
  The noun KICK TURN has 1 sense:

1. a standing turn made in skiing; one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the firstplay

  Familiarity information: KICK TURN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KICK TURN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A standing turn made in skiing; one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("kick turn" is a kind of...):

turn; turning (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course)


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