body english

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   a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction

   Broadermotion

Questions about body english

What does body english mean?

body english means "a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction".

Is body english a common word?

body english is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.