Handspring

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  • noun. A gymnastic feat in which the body is flipped completely forward or backward from an upright position, landing first on the hands and then on the feet.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A kind of somersault in which the performer supports his body upon the palms of his hands while his feet are raised in the air.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again
  • Word Usage
    "On the other end, Butler players were doing various forms of victory acrobatics: Ronald Nored doing some kind of handspring, others doing cartwheels, coach Brad Stevens, the even-keeled one, rolling out a flying back-bump with Bulldogs reserve Emerson Kampen."
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