body English

The definition of body English is a movement of the body to try to influence an object in the air.

(noun)

An example of body English is hitting a volleyball over a net while pushing your hands in the direction in which you want the volleyball to move.

See body English in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement

Origin: see English,

See body English in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Bodily movement in a usually unconscious attempt to influence the movement of a propelled object, such as a ball.
The usually irregular movement or spin of a propelled object as if it were influenced by this twisting.

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