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endo

1 9.9

A sudden fall forward from a bike when the front wheel stops and the rider goes over the handlebars

noun
/ˈɛndoʊ/

Jargon

: voltereta

The rider struck the barbed wire and did an endo, hitting her helmet, chest, and palms.

Examples

The section had some treacherous holes, and Jim took a couple of endos while leading the bike line through this section.

Blog text (29)
The guy does an ugly endo.

Fiction book (1991)
Posted by: endo Oct 4, 2012 11:26:50 AM

Blog text (24)
When I had my bike accident a few years back (braking to avoid a car that turned in front of me and going endo), I separated a shoulder, broke two ribs, and had huge bruises the color of psychedelic sand paintings.

Blog text (8)
The rider lost control and experienced a severe endo when the front wheel hit the curb.
During the downhill ride, I had to brake suddenly, which caused an endo and sent me flying over the handlebars.
To avoid an endo, make sure to shift your weight backward as you approach a steep incline.

Synonyms

tumble

vsendo

32 2.9

A rolling fall or gymnastic turn of the body

is a sudden forward throw over handlebars caused by a stopped front wheel

wipeout

vsendo

4 4.7

A sudden fall that happens during a sport, often from a board or bike

is a specific forward fall caused when the front wheel stops

Compounds

endo-

Specialized

1 6.6

A prefix at the start of scientific and medical words that means inside or within

How Severe

crash

652 2.3

wipeout

4 4.7

endo

Jargon

1 9.9

fall

233 1.0

tumble

32 2.9

Surface Forms

endo singular

endos plural

Morphology

endo = end (opaque) = end + o

Although formally related to 'end', the slang sense 'a forward fall over the handlebars' derives from a clipped phrase and the meaning is specialized and not inferable from 'end' for average learners.

Etymology

Endo comes from the phrase end over end, meaning 'to flip forward', so people use it for the crash when a rider is thrown over the handlebars.