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Polish
Etymology
Deverbal from wyprostować. First attested in the 20th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
wyprost m inan
- (sports) extension; straightening out (act of straightening one's limbs, trunk or entire body)
1950, Zygmunt Bielczyk, Stanisław Ziobrzyński, Narciarstwo, page 20:Narciarz zaczyna się mocno wspierać na kijku, aż do wyprostu ramienia w tył.- The skier begins to lean heavily on the pole until his arm extends backwards.
1952, Moda i Życie, Czytelnik, page 8:Zaczynamy naszą gimnastykę […] przysiad podparty i wyprosty nóg na przemian w bok.- We start our gymnastics with a supported squat and leg extensions alternately to the side.
2004, Artur Baniewicz, Drzymalski przeciw Rzeczpospolitej, W.A.B.:— To się wychyl raz na minutę i zaraz chowaj. Niech wie, że cię przygwoździł. Ale żeby mi to nie trwało dłużej niż ćwierć sekundy, słyszysz? Wyprost, przysiad. Nim kula doleci, ma cię nie być.- — Lean out once a minute and then hide. Let him know he nailed you. But don't let it take me longer than a quarter of a second, you hear me? Extension, squat. By the time the bullet reaches you, you're supposed to be gone.
Declension
References
Further reading
- wyprost in Polish dictionaries at PWN