backflip
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[edit]Noun
[edit]backflip (plural backflips)
- (gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
- The gymnast performed a backflip on a trampoline.
- (by extension) A total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
- Courier Mail, 29 Jan 2007
- PM predicts water recycling backflips.
- Courier Mail, 29 Jan 2007
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[edit]an act of rotating one's body
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total reversal in policy or opinion
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Verb
[edit]backflip (third-person singular simple present backflips, present participle backflipping, simple past and past participle backflipped)
- To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
- To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
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[edit]to perform a backflip
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