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  • 101Grizzly bear — For other uses, see Grizzly (disambiguation) and Grizzly bear (disambiguation). Grizzly bear Conservation status …

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  • 102springboard — /ˈsprɪŋbɔd / (say springbawd) noun 1. a semiflexible board projecting over water from which persons dive. 2. a flexible board used as a take off in vaulting, tumbling, etc., to increase the height of leaps. 3. anything serving to assist departure …

  • 103Jerk — Jerk, n. [1913 Webster] 1. A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion. [1913 Webster] His jade gave him a jerk. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden start or spring. [1913 Webster] Lobsters . . . swim backwards by …

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  • 104physical jerks — Jerk Jerk, n. [1913 Webster] 1. A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion. [1913 Webster] His jade gave him a jerk. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden start or spring. [1913 Webster] Lobsters . . . swim… …

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  • 105clean and jerk — noun Date: 1913 a lift in weight lifting in which the weight is raised to shoulder height, held momentarily, and then quickly thrust overhead usually with a lunge or a spring from the legs compare press, snatch • clean and jerk verb …

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  • 106jerk — I. noun Etymology: probably alteration of yerk Date: 1575 1. a single quick motion of short duration 2. a. jolting, bouncing, or thrusting motions b. a tendency to produce spasmodic motions 3. a. an involuntary spasmodic muscular movement due to… …

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  • 107press — I. noun Etymology: Middle English presse, from Anglo French, from presser to press Date: 13th century 1. a. a crowd or crowded condition ; throng b. a thronging or crowding forward or together 2. a. an apparatus or machine by which a substance is …

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  • 108Brown Bear — Taxobox name = Brown Bear fossil range = Late Pleistocene Recent status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=Bear Specialist Group|year=1996|id=41688|title=Ursus arctos|downloaded=12 May 2006 ] image width = 300px… …

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  • 109Crowded House — This article is about the rock group, Crowded House. For their debut album, see Crowded House (album). Crowded House …

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  • 110Polar bear — This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Polar bear (disambiguation) …

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