Hecht

¹

[hekt]

noun

Gymnastics.

1. Also called bird dismount. 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

“Millions are to be grabbed out here,” Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote Ben Hecht in 1926, “and your only competition is idiots.”

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“Older and more established monuments tend to be popular in California — while new monuments are often not as established with a wide constituency, and therefore are more vulnerable politically,” Hecht said in an email.

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But the Israeli government denies that it plans to build settlements in Gaza once the war ends, and Dr Hecht dismissed such suggestions as nothing more than a "dream" for some ultranationalist ministers.

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“I just feel a very heavy presence being here,” Hecht said.

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The Hecht Museum said the incident happened a few days ago when the boy, aged about four or five, was visiting the museum.

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