Execute: 1. to put to death 2. to perform; do 3. to create 4. to make valid, as by signing look at the dictionary entry. which is the best meaning for execute as it is used in this sentence from paragraph four? they saw the dog's teeth had slipped the hand, heard a kick, saw the dog execute a flanking jump and get home on the stranger's leg, and heard the rip of his trousering.