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Stack is slang for excellent, fantastic. Stack is slang for inferior, negative.Stack is slang for a vertical overhead exhaust pipe on a truck or similar vehicle.
1. In the rigging of a sailing ship. Above the ship's uppermost solid structure; overhead or high above. 2. Above the ship's uppermost solid structure. 3. Overhead or high above.
Watch out, Brad Pitt. Arguably the most highly technical (read: most difficult) movement in strength sports:, the snatch involves lifting the barbell from the floor to a locked arms position overhead in a smooth, continuous motion. A combination of strength, speed, and precision are needed for this Olympic weightlifting event.
An astronomical fix taken when the sun is almost exactly overhead. The result when plotted looks like a collection of small circles.
A foolish person, a dur-brain: Used for example, as "fuck off, pranny!". Obviously had very vague sexual undercurrent, as sounded a bit like 'fanny'. For some reason, a kid at my school called Julian Van Santen was the prime recipient of the "pranny" epithet, to the extent that his name was changed to Julian Van Pranny. One day, during double French, he was taunted with this name with such regularity that he threw a "benny" in the middle of the lesson. Startled, the teacher launched into a lengthy and ferocious diatribe, the subject matter of which rambled wildly from Malcolm South (the main pranny-taunter), to the local rugby club (Amersham), to the then-current news story about a taxi driver who was murdered by a breeze block dropped on his car from an overhead bridge as a punishment for giving lifts to "scabs" during the Miner's Strike. I occasionally ponder the meaning of this outburst still, but this was the only occasion I can remember when a teacher calmed a rowdy class by bewildering them into silence. (ed: def. entered verbatim)
aircraft circling to land; small, close orbit by aircraft overhead.
Move over GI Joe (and Jane), this exercise is key for anyone looking for some serious overhead strength. From a standing position, with an overhand grip, press the barbell upward until arms are fully extended overhead (be careful not to lean too far back during the lift). Lower back down to the shoulders and repeat.
One of two highly-technical Olympic weightlifting events, this explosive two-stage movement begins by "cleaning" the weight from the floor to shoulders, and then "jerking" it overhead with a mighty push from the legs.
= Overhead Squat
Sleeping berths suspended from the overhead in a torpedo room in older submarines.
A weighted pouch, which is connected to a slender line, which when slung underhand or overhead may be thrown to another vessel.
The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel, which on a warship usually contains a mass of ducts, pipes and wiring harneses.
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n.
A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
adv.
In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
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In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.
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Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery.
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The zenith, or the point of the heavens directly overhead.
v. i.
To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
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A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.
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Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.
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That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.
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Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.
v. t.
The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.
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