Dead-leg

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

Alternative form of dead leg (blow to the upper thigh).

Definitions by Sense

1. Alternative form of dead leg (blow to the upper thigh)
2. Alternative form of deadleg (pipe with no outflow)
3. Alternative form of deadleg (movement with hips and knees held stiff and straight)

Example Sentences

If they did then they kept quiet about it for fear of dead-legs, dead-shoulders, kidney punches, that sort of thing.

They'd given kids a dead-leg: a knee to the side of the thigh.

I would then have to leave it to stealth, and when I did catch them I would give them a couple of dead-legs until they pleaded and promised they wouldn't do it again.

In a WFI system, usually a distilled water loop, warm standing water can occur in dead-legs which are defined as dead-ends more than 5 to 6 pipe widths in length, and which extend downward, either straight or at an angle, from the loop.

Critical factors relating to preproduction sterilisation of food contact surfaces include correct assembly of equipment, and assurance that it is clean, and without crevices or dead-legs which are inaccessible for cleaning or heat sterilisation purposes.

When a turbine oil lubricating system is drained of one turbine oil and refilled with another turbine oil, as much as 10 to 15% of the previous oil can remain in the system due to clingage, low-spots, and piping dead-legs.

There are many different ways to throw the change-up, and through the years pitchers on the Dodgers have used three different methods. They use a "dead leg" in back, which helps the body drop low; holding the ball with three fingers on top;

When a pitcher is trying to be quicker to the plate, often he will start to dead-leg.

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• dead-legs

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