Definitions

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  • noun cheerleading A jump with one leg straight out to the side and the other bent flat beneath the body.

Etymologies

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Named for Lawrence R. Herkimer, founder of the NCA.

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Examples

  • Cheer Wars, "is a story of royal lineages, vengeful mothers, usurped thrones, everlasting innocence, and the quest for the perfect 'herkie' as two women wage an epic battle for control of the New London Lady Leopard Varsity Cheer Squad."

    Playbill.com : News 2009

  • As if being able to diagram a sentenceor in Monis case, solve quadratic equations in her headmade us incapable of doing a herkie.

    The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading Charity Tahmaseb 2009

  • When he finished with a pin, I did a double jump, herkie included.

    The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading Charity Tahmaseb 2009

  • As if being able to diagram a sentenceor in Monis case, solve quadratic equations in her headmade us incapable of doing a herkie.

    The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading Charity Tahmaseb 2009

  • When he finished with a pin, I did a double jump, herkie included.

    The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading Charity Tahmaseb 2009

  • Riyan Ward, 8, of Ankeny liked to do the "call me" jump, where the girls jump high in a herkie move and yell, "call me."

    Photos - DesMoinesRegister.com njobst@dmreg.com Nicole Jobst 2010

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