split

→ Irish: spliota

Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *splittjan, an intensive form of Proto-West Germanic *splītan (“to split”), from Proto-Germanic *splītaną (whence Danish splitte, Low German splieten, German spleißen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”).
Compare Middle English ysplett (“split”, past participle of splatten (“to split”)), Old English speld (“splinter”), Old High German spaltan (“to split”), Old Irish sliss (“splinter”), Lithuanian spaliai (“flax sheaves”), Czech půl (“half”), Old Church Slavonic рас-плитати (ras-plitati, “to cleave, split”).

cog

past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm">splatten</i> (“to split”)

let the door hit you where the good Lord split you

(gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, usually in the phrase "to do the splits") A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position.


base

en-noun

base (countable and uncountable, plural bases)

acid

antonym(s) of “chemical compound that will neutralize an alkali”

From Middle English base, bas, baas, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basis and bass.

أَسَاس

something from which other things extend

(acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.

alamies

acrobatics, cheerleading: person who supports the flyer


base

en-verb

base (third-person singular simple present bases, present participle basing, simple past and past participle based)

bases (present singular third-person)
basing (participle present)
based (participle past)
based (past)

Apart from time taken out during radio- and chemotherapy, Maurs continued to participate in POW. She would base a flyer in a double balance and make the audience laugh with her clowning antics for two more shows.

2005, John T. Warren, Laura B. Lengel, Casting Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Context, →ISBN, page 73:

(acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.


flyer

→ Finnish: flaijeri

→ French: flyer

→ German: Flyer

→ Korean: 플라이어 (peullaieo)

→ Portuguese: flyer

From fly + -er (agent noun suffix).
With regard to the sense "female kangaroo": because of the high speed at which they move.

طَيَّار

someone who pilots or rides in an airplane

Coordinate term: base

(acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.


stunt

stunt (third-person singular simple present stunts, present participle stunting, simple past and past participle stunted)

stunts (present singular third-person)
stunting (participle present)
stunted (participle past)
stunted (past)

Unknown. Compare Middle Low German stunt (“a shoulder grip with which you throw someone on their back”), Middle English stunt (“foolish; stupid”).

cog

(intransitive, cheerleading) To perform a stunt.


splits

(dance, cheerleading, gymnastics) A maneuver in which the legs are extended straight out and perpendicular to the body, either to the sides or in front and behind.


sis boom bah

(US, cheerleading) An exclamation of encouragement.


herkie

From Herkimer + -ie, after Lawrence R. Herkimer, founder of the NCA.

(cheerleading) A jump with one leg straight out to the side and the other bent flat beneath the body.


NCA

(cheerleading) Initialism of National Cheerleaders Association.


basket toss

(cheerleading) A stunt in which three or more bases toss a flyer into the air.


splitt

is-noun

splitt n (genitive singular splitts, nominative plural splitt)

splitts (genitive singular)
splitt (nominative plural)
splitt (indefinite nominative singular)
splittið (definite nominative singular)
splitt (indefinite nominative plural)
splittin (definite nominative plural)
splitt (accusative indefinite singular)
splittið (accusative definite singular)
splitt (accusative indefinite plural)
splittin (accusative definite plural)
splitti (dative indefinite singular)
splittinu (dative definite singular)
splittum (dative indefinite plural)
splittunum (dative definite plural)
splitts (genitive indefinite singular)
splittsins (definite genitive singular)
splitta (genitive indefinite plural)
splittanna (definite genitive plural)

(gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, usually in the phrase "fara í splitt", meaning "to do the splits") split