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

a gymnastics, contortion, or dance move

• Bulgarian: мост (bg) m (most)
• Latvian: tilts m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: мост (ru) m (most), за́дний мост m (zádnij most)

Verb

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

1. To perform such a move.

See also

• backbend on Wikipedia.Wikipedia