backheel
noun
back·heel
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Definition of backheel
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: a method of tripping a wrestling opponent by getting a foot behind the opponent's heel and pushing the body backward
also
: a throw made in this way
2
soccer
: a kick of the ball backward with the heel
She never makes the simple pass when she can get away with a backheel.— Mia Hamm, quoted in ESPN, 28 June 1999
back-heel
verb, transitive + intransitive
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back-heeled;
back-heeling;
back-heels
Definition of back-heel (Entry 2 of 2)
1
transitive
: to trip (someone) by getting a foot behind the heel and pushing the body backward
He tried to push me off then but I stepped in fast and back-heeled him and he went down hard …— Louis L'Amour, Lando, 1962
2
transitive + intransitive
: to strike (something) with the heel using a backward kick
He turned and back-heeled the door closed.— Robin Pilcher, An Ocean Apart, 1999
especially, soccer
: to kick (a ball) backward with the heel
… back-heeled the ball to his Brazilian countryman … — John Haydon, Washington Times, 19 Mar. 2008 He took a touch before back-heeling for his Argentine strike partner … — Paul Fraser, Northern Echo, 29 Oct. 2007