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  2. Glossary of surfing - Wikipedia

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    Snaking/Back-Paddling: Stealing a wave from another surfer by paddling around the person's back to get into the best position; Snap: A quick, sharp turn off the top of a wave [6] Soul arch: Arching the back to demonstrate casual confidence when riding a wave

  3. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    home run final part of a distance, final effort needed to finish (US: homestretch) a success (from baseball) (also homer) a four-base hit in baseball (slang) sexual intercourse; more s.v. base: homely (of a house) comfortable, cozy, rustic (US: homey) (of a person) home-loving, domesticated, house-proud (only used of a person) plain, ugly hood

  4. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  5. Glossary of bird terms - Wikipedia

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    addled eggs Also, wind eggs; hypanema. [5] Eggs that are not viable and will not hatch. [6] See related: overbrooding. afterfeather Any structure projecting from the shaft of the feather at the rim of the superior umbilicus (at the base of the vanes), but typically a small area of downy barbs growing in rows or as tufts.

  6. Paddle - Wikipedia

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    A rafting paddle. A paddle is a handheld tool with an elongated handle and a flat, widened end (the blade) used as a lever to apply force onto the bladed end. It most commonly describes a completely handheld tool used to propel a human-powered watercraft by pushing water in a direction opposite to the direction of travel (i.e. paddling).

  7. Spanking - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the standard form of corporal punishment in US schools (use of a paddle) is often referred to as a spanking. In North America, the word "spanking" has often been used as a synonym for an official paddling in school, [6] and sometimes even as a euphemism for the formal corporal punishment of adults in an institution. [7]

  8. Land of the Silver Birch - Wikipedia

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    It is sometimes sung to keep time while canoeing, and sometimes sung at campfires in a round. It is in Aeolian , or natural minor , but may be sung with a raised sixth , creating a Dorian feel. Its subject matter is a romanticized vision of nature and the land from the perspective of an Indigenous person .

  9. List of films featuring time loops - Wikipedia

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    A group of present-day teenagers are sent back to 1981, and discover a summer camp which is stuck reliving the day a demented killer went on a rampage. [22] Christmas Do-Over: 2006: A father is stuck in a time loop when his son wishes that every day was Christmas day. A remake of Christmas Every Day from an adult perspective.