Hecht

¹ American  

[hekt] / hɛkt /

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.

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Hecht ² American  

[hekt] / hɛkt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Hecht

Presumably after a gymnast named Hecht

Example Sentences

Seeking clarity, he brought the fossil to Professor Max Hecht, a reptile expert at the American Museum of Natural History.

From Science Daily

Sentiment on the stock should improve as “investors become increasingly educated on the story,” Hecht said.

From Barron's

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

From Los Angeles Times

“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.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times