See also: biles, -biles, and biłeś

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Etymology 1

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Uncertain or disputed. Commonly thought to derive from Old English bil (bladed weapon), a bill, billhook. Other theories suggest a connection to Old English bile (beak of a bird), or from (son of) William.

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Biles

  1. A surname.

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Etymology 2

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After American gymnast Simone Biles.

Noun

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Biles (plural Biles)

  1. A gymnastic maneuver consisting of a double half layout, with full twist and blind landing.
    • 2016 August 12, “'The Biles' and other famous moves named after Olympic athletes and footballers”, in BBC Newsbeat[1]:
      In gymnastics, if you do a double layout with half turn then you're doing a ‘Biles
    • 2019 November 7, 4piepsilon0, “Simone training a double layout beam dismount?! [comment]”, in Reddit[2]:
      What if she was training a Biles (double layout half out) on beam? That would just be incredible

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