death drop
n.— «A friend pulled her into a swing-dance move called a death drop. It’s not as suicidal as it sounds—it’s also commonly called a windowshade, “sort of a cross between a dip and a flip.”» —“Swing Shift” by Dale Keiger Johns Hopkins Magazine (Baltimore, Maryland) June, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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