backbend
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
backbend (plural backbends)
- (gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
- 1951 June 30, Billboard, page 40:
- The gal's backbends, the father's hoofology, the boy's fast steps and the mother's taps all won solid mitting.
Translations[edit]
a gymnastics, contortion, or dance move
Verb[edit]
backbend (third-person singular simple present backbends, present participle backbending, simple past and past participle backbended or backbent)
- To perform such a move.