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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.

   "The gal's backbends, the father's hoofology, the boy's fast steps and the mother's taps all won solid mitting."

2. 2
   an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To perform such a move.

Example

More examples

"The gal's backbends, the father's hoofology, the boy's fast steps and the mother's taps all won solid mitting."

Etymology

From back + bend.

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