suicide
n.— «Otherwise, they may be in for some punishing “suicides.” Wallace, who coaches sixth-through eighth-grade girls at the Palomar Family YMCA, uses the term for running extra laps.» —“Coach urges accountability, responsibility” by Pat Sherman San Diego Union-Tribune (California) Jan. 28, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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