Sprawl
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Sprawl can refer to:
Sprawling can also refer to:
- Sprawl (grappling)Sprawl (grappling)A sprawl is a martial arts and wrestling term for a defensive technique that is done in response to certain takedown attempts, typically double or single leg takedown attempts. The sprawl is performed by scooting the legs backwards, so as to land on the upper back of the opponent attempting the...
, a defensive technique in wrestling and martial arts used to prevent a takedown. - Urban sprawlUrban sprawlUrban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is a multifaceted concept, which includes the spreading outwards of a city and its suburbs to its outskirts to low-density and auto-dependent development on rural land, high segregation of uses Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is a...
, also called suburban sprawl - The SprawlThe SprawlIn William Gibson's fiction, the Sprawl is a colloquial name for the Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis , an urban sprawl environment on a massive scale, and a fictional extension of the real Northeast Megalopolis....
, the metropolitan region stretching from Boston to Atlanta in William Gibson's fiction
Sprawling can also refer to:
- Sprawling (posture), a common posture among tetrapods, with the limbs on either side of the body.