Cat-cow

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stretching motion that incorporates the cat and cow asanas, in which a person arches their back first in one direction, and then the other.
Verb
  1. 1
    To engage in cat-cow stretching.

    "Well, actually, as attendees learned while we cat-cowed and downward-dog’d, the real instigator was David’s loss to his girlfriend in a common “debate”..."

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"Well, actually, as attendees learned while we cat-cowed and downward-dog’d, the real instigator was David’s loss to his girlfriend in a common “debate”..."

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