Carioca

Quick meaning: Carioca is a noun meaning A sideways step in which one leg crosses over the other.

Meaning

A sideways step in which one leg crosses over the other.

Example Sentences

Or he might go to Rio. Rio with its white sand. He knew a rhyme about Rio, its thieving cariocas who wore sparkling wedding dresses.

Leg press, squat, circle running, figure eights, single-leg hops, vertical jumps, lateral bounds, one-legged long jumps, and carioca (crossover walking) are some examples.

Even though cariocas are very professional they tend to be more laid back and easy going than business people from Sao Paulo. You can notice this as soon as you talk to a carioca.

These included the cocontraction maneuver (a shuffling maneuver around a semicircle while tethered to surgical tubing), a carioca (crossover stepping), and a shuttle run (an acceleration and deceleration test).

Word Forms

• cariocas

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include caracoling, caracol, curvette, ceroc, corvetto, caracole.

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