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pitchpoll
▪ I. pitchpoll, -pole, n. (ˈpɪtʃpəʊl) [f. pitch v.1 + poll n.] 1. A somersault. (In quots. a 1661, the act, or point, of toppling over.) dial.a 1661 B. Holyday Juvenal 5 All vice is at the pitch-pole. Ibid. 186 Whence to a greater ruine after all With a huge pitch-pole he was forc'd to fall. 1842 S....
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punky
▪ I. punky, a. Chiefly U.S. (ˈpʌŋkɪ) [f. punk n.3 + -y.] a. Containing, or of the nature of, punk or touchwood; of fire, smouldering.1872 W. S. Huntington Road-Master's Assistant 117 A bridge may..have a small knot partially decayed, or ‘punky’, as it is termed. a 1876 H. Bushnell in Life & Lett. x....
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somersault
somersault, n. (ˈsʌməsɒlt, -ɔː-) Forms: α. 6– somersault (7 sommer-), 6–7 -saut, 7 -salt. β. 7–9 summersault, 7 -saut, -salt. γ. 7 sombersalt, simber salt. [ad. OF. sombresaut, -sault, alteration of sobresault: see sobersault.] A leap or spring in which a person turns heels over head in the air and ...
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