Sekirov Dictionary

heel-palm

noun 2
verb 1
forms 4

noun2

•
A blow in which the heel of the palm strikes an opponent.
- In one-step number two the defender does a knife-hand block. Then he punches with his right hand. And he finishes with a left heel-palm. — 1998
•
A technique for evaluating the reduction of a hip or femur by holding the patient's heels in one's palms with both legs in abduction and internal rotation, then noting the amount of external rotation of the feet when the internal rotation is released.
- Whichever of these methods of manipulative reduction is used, a simple test for reduction, the Leadbetter heel-palm test, can be applied. — 1957

verb1

•
To strike with a heel-palm blow.
- When the guys cornered her, she screamed, "No!" as she heel-palmed the first guy. — 1995

forms

heel-palmed · heel-palming · heel-palms · heel palms

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