backbend

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Etymology[edit]

back +‎ bend

Noun[edit]

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.
    • 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.

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Verb[edit]

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

  1. To perform such a move.

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