backflip
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈbækˌflɪp/
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salto mortal hacia atrás
- After practicing for weeks, he managed to land his first backflip without falling.
Now, I noticed he did this big backflip off the ropes.
- Now, I noticed he did this big backflip off the ropes.
- Here is a mediocre backflip in slopey slow motion.
- One or both of whom you've robably seen on the Internet, either dancing, doing backflips, opening doors, or throwing around heavy objects.
- Pharah does this, like, backflip maneuver over Ianthi through the door and slams it close behind her.
- It was a back handspring, back tuck, OK, back handspring, backflip connected that skill.
- Doing backflip backflips on his head on concrete.
- Please make an edit like that of one of us doing a backflip of Jean.
Examples
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And two, there was a diving board there and the guys were doing backflips off of the diving board.
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I have a lot of goals for the future, like completing a double backflip (two full rotations in the air).
Academic text (2009) -
If you put your arms out, he does a backflip right into them.
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I did a backflip and came down on my hand like that.
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"I did a backflip; she was doing this little dance that we made up."
Blog text (31) -
I got him doing the backflip just like a pro.
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Come show us your backflip!
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I was so happy to see her; I wanted to do a backflip.
Blog text (8) -
She did this incredible backflip off her horse.
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To my amazement, she managed a standing backflip, landed on her mattress, and bounced right back when the immediate danger had passed.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
46
2.9
A rolling fall or gymnastic turn of the body
21
3.7
A jump where the body turns over in the air
16
2.8
A movement where a person turns head over heels in the air or on the ground
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5.8
A movement where a person goes from standing onto their hands then pushes up to land on their feet
4
9.1
A jump on a skateboard where you lift the board without using your hands
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8.8
A figure-skating jump where a skater leaps forward, turns in the air, and lands on the other foot
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4.8
A gymnastic move like a cartwheel that ends with both feet landing together facing the direction of entry
A gymnastics move where a person lies on their back, arches their back and brings their feet to their head
How Difficult
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Etymology
Backflip is a simple compound of back and flip, so it literally means a 'flip' that goes 'backwards'. Think of a gymnast jumping and turning over backward; that is why a backflip is the acrobatic move of rotating backward and landing on your feet.