Idiom
body English
Meaning
A body motion made to coax an object already propelled to go in a desired direction.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He used body English to help the ball roll into the hole.”
“As the bowling ball curved toward the gutter, she used intense body English to try to steer it back.”
“The golfer twisted his torso in a desperate display of body English, hoping to influence the ball's trajectory as it neared the cup.”
Examples
simple
“He used body English to help the ball roll into the hole.”
contextual
“As the bowling ball curved toward the gutter, she used intense body English to try to steer it back.”
complex
“The golfer twisted his torso in a desperate display of body English, hoping to influence the ball's trajectory as it neared the cup.”
Origin
First attested 1908.
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