[hekt] 
| Ben, 1894–1964, U.S. novelist and dramatist. |
[hekt] | 1. | Also called bird dismount. a dismount, as from the horizontal bar, in which a gymnast releases the apparatus at the height of a backswing, sails forward with outstretched arms and legs, and lands upright on the feet. |
| 2. | a vault over a long horse with the legs and body straight. |
| Hecht (hěkt) American writer of short stories, novels, such as Erik Dorn (1921), dramas, including The Front Page (1928), written with Charles MacArthur (1895-1956), and screenplays, such as Gunga Din (1938). |