Hecht

¹

[ hekt ]

noun

, Gymnastics.

1. Also called bird dis·mount [burd, dis-mount]. a dismount, as from the horizontal bar, in which a gymnast releases the apparatus at the height of a backswing, sails forward with outstretched arms and legs, and lands upright on the feet.
2. a vault over a long horse with the legs and body straight.

Hecht

²

[ hekt ]

noun

1. Ben, 1894–1964, U.S. novelist and dramatist.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hecht¹

Presumably after a gymnast named Hecht

Example Sentences

Hecht notes that a scaled-up version, however, could run nonstop for the 26 months before astronauts arrive.

From Science News For Students

In her neighborhood, Mya has seen builders rehabilitate and replace vacant properties, including the Hecht’s warehouse, which developer Douglas Jemal turned into spacious apartments with a fitness center, arcade and rooftop dog runs.

From Washington Post

“When we burn anything, gas in the car or a log in the fireplace, most of what we’re burning is oxygen,” Hecht says.

From Science News

A scaled-up version could run continuously for 26 months before astronauts arrive, Hecht says.

From Science News

Millions have now viewed recordings of Hecht’s attacks, and many people are intent on tracking down Maeve.

From Washington Post

Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against Itby Jennifer Michael Hecht.

From The Daily Beast

No one is vetted in the manner that Beinart seems to think Booker should when dealing with Hecht and Boteach.

From The Daily Beast

Rabbi Hecht does indeed posses unique power and influence at Eliezer, over matters of Jewish law.

From The Daily Beast

As noted, Booker, Hecht and I founded Eliezer, The Jewish Society at Yale, in the fall of 1996.

From The Daily Beast

Hecht could have opted to build a conventional Chabad House and install himself as the sole authority.

From The Daily Beast

Bot thare is mony that will hecht and say thai sall do wele, and quhen thai mount in gouernaunce thai do all othir wayis.

From Project Gutenberg

The Hecht plan was studied by lawyers and financiers and declared feasible.

From Project Gutenberg

The specific gravity of clay substance is 2·65 according to Hecht, the lower figures sometimes reported being too low.

From Project Gutenberg

Ben Hecht chopping away at the ever-forgiving and all-condoning Bugaboo of Puritanism.

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