"backheel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: backheels [plural]
Etymology: From back + heel. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|heel}} back + heel Head templates: {{en-noun}} backheel (plural backheels)
  1. (soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing. Categories (topical): Football (soccer) Translations (soccer): talonnade [feminine] (French), piętka [feminine] (Polish), zagranie piętą [masculine] (Polish), уда́р пя́ткой (udár pjátkoj) [masculine] (Russian), klackspark [common-gender] (Swedish), klack [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-backheel-en-noun-4UISh5RA Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports Disambiguation of 'soccer': 79 21
  2. (wrestling) A method of tripping or throwing by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back. Categories (topical): Wrestling
    Sense id: en-backheel-en-noun-tUxVgOwR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 43 19 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 47 19 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 47 19 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 50 17 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 39 22 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 44 18 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 45 19 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 44 17 21 Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war, wrestling

Verb

Forms: backheels [present, singular, third-person], backheeling [participle, present], backheeled [participle, past], backheeled [past]
Etymology: From back + heel. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|heel}} back + heel Head templates: {{en-verb}} backheel (third-person singular simple present backheels, present participle backheeling, simple past and past participle backheeled)
  1. (soccer) To perform such a kick. Categories (topical): Football (soccer) Translations (to perform a backheel kick): бить по мячу́ пя́ткой (bitʹ po mjačú pjátkoj) [imperfective] (Russian), уда́рить по мячу́ пя́ткой (udáritʹ po mjačú pjátkoj) [perfective] (Russian), klacksparka (Swedish), klacka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-backheel-en-verb-WAnTygQu Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports Disambiguation of 'to perform a backheel kick': 58 42
  2. (wrestling) To perform such a trip or throw. Categories (topical): Wrestling
    Sense id: en-backheel-en-verb-T~PN6vwl Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war, wrestling
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: backheeler

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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