midglide
English
Etymology
mid- + glide
Noun
midglide (uncountable)
- A point in time during a glide.
- 2009 September 25, Nate Chinen, “It Feels Like Home: The Sounds of Coltrane”, in New York Times:
- He dug back in, dragging his knuckles across the keys, and then he held out both arms straight, like a condor in midglide.
- 2011, William Durbin, The Darkest Evening (page 195)
- Jake headed upriver, fighting gusts that hit him square in the chest and stopped his skis in midglide. He felt like a boxer pummeled by a constant rain of blows, fighting to keep his balance.
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