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veronica
noun[ C ]
uk /vəˈrɒn.ɪ.kə/ us /vɚˈɑː.nɪ.kə/
an action in a bullfight (= a traditional public entertainment in which a person fights and sometimes kills a bull ) in which the matador (= the person fighting) moves his cape (= type of loose coat) slowly away from the running bull:
He executed a neat veronica.
The veronica is the basic pass made with the capote.
The bull explodes through the cape in a series of long passes called veronicas.
He was the first torero to give the veronica with hands lowered.
He was holding the cloth by the two corners for the start of the veronica.
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