Hecht

[ hekt ]

/ hɛkt /

noun Gymnastics.

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.

a vault over a long horse with the legs and body straight.

Origin of Hecht

presumably after a gymnast named Hecht

Definition for hecht (2 of 2)

Hecht ²

[ hekt ]

/ hɛkt /

noun

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

Example sentences from the Web for hecht

No one is vetted in the manner that Beinart seems to think Booker should when dealing with Hecht and Boteach.

Cory Booker Is Nobody's Dupe |Ben Karp |June 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Rabbi Hecht does indeed posses unique power and influence at Eliezer, over matters of Jewish law.

Cory Booker Is Nobody's Dupe |Ben Karp |June 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
As noted, Booker, Hecht and I founded Eliezer, The Jewish Society at Yale, in the fall of 1996.

Cory Booker Is Nobody's Dupe |Ben Karp |June 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Hecht could have opted to build a conventional Chabad House and install himself as the sole authority.

Cory Booker Is Nobody's Dupe |Ben Karp |June 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

In that tradition, Hecht opposes creating a Palestinian state.

Cory Booker’s Rabbis |Peter Beinart |June 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The Hecht plan was studied by lawyers and financiers and declared feasible.

The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans |Thomas Ewing Dabney
The specific gravity of clay substance is 2·65 according to Hecht, the lower figures sometimes reported being too low.

The Natural History of Clay |Alfred B. Searle
Bot thare is mony that will hecht and say thai sall do wele, and quhen thai mount in gouernaunce thai do all othir wayis.

The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood |Ramon Llull