Backflip

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  • intransitive verb. To perform a backward somersault, especially in the air.
  • noun. A backward somersault.
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  • noun. An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
  • noun. a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, an U-turn.
  • verb. To perform a backflip (rotation of body)
  • verb. To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
  • Word Usage
    "NASA has released a video of the Endeavour performing the "rendez pitch maneuver" which NASA dubs a "backflip" as it arrived at the ISS for the last time."
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