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Snatch - Weight Lifting (gambling) and tezkere (iou)


Snatch - Weight Lifting (gambling)


A lift in which the bar is brought from the platform to an overhead position in one continuous motion, while splitting or squatting, and then straightening to an upright position. The lifter must hold the bar overhead, with arms straight, until the referee gives the down signal.

tezkere (iou)



tezkere noun. Also teskere. E17.
[Turkish from Arab. takira memorandum, record, note, pass.]
A Turkish official memorandum or certificate of any kind; a permit, a licence; esp. an internal passport.