backbend

English

Alternative forms

  • back bend
  • back-bend

Etymology

back + bend

Noun

backbend (plural backbends)

  1. (gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands
Translations

Verb

backbend (third-person singular simple present backbends, present participle backbending, simple past and past participle backbended)

  1. To perform such a move.

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