/hekt/ , n. Ben
1894-1964, U.S. novelist and dramatist.
/hekt/ , n. Gymnastics.
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.
[ presumably after a gymnast named Hecht ]