She tried to do a backflip.
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Backflip
//ˈbæk.flɪp//
Synonyms for "backflip" (1 found)
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53 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- задно салто noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- пълен обрат noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 後空翻 /后空翻 noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- 徹底改變立場 /彻底改变立场 noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
- 徹底改變立場 /彻底改变立场 verb (to completely reverse a policy or opinion)
- 翻後空翻 /翻后空翻 verb (to perform a backflip)
Dutch
4 entries- achterwaartse salto noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- backflip noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- koersverandering noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
- ommezwaai noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
Esperanto
2 entries- mortosalto noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- transkapiĝa salto noun (an act of rotating one's body)
Finnish
4 entries- lehmänkäännös noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
- taaksepäinvoltti noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- takinkääntö noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
- tehdä täyskäännös verb (to completely reverse a policy or opinion)
French
3 entries- revirement noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
- salto arrière noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- volte-face noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
German
4 entries- 180°-Wende noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
- Backflip noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- Kehrtwende noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
- Rückwärtssalto noun (an act of rotating one's body)
Hungarian
1 entries- hátraszaltó noun (an act of rotating one's body)
Italian
2 entries- salto mortale all'indietro noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- voltafaccia noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
Japanese
1 entries- バク転 noun (an act of rotating one's body)
Macedonian
3 entries- о́братно са́лто noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- са́лто на́назад noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- це́лосен пре́сврт noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
Polish
1 entries- salto w tył noun (an act of rotating one's body)
Portuguese
3 entries- salto mortal noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- mudar de opinião verb (to completely reverse a policy or opinion)
- voltar atrás verb (to completely reverse a policy or opinion)
Romanian
2 entries- cotitură noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
- salt înapoi noun (an act of rotating one's body)
Russian
2 entries- разворот noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
- са́льто n наза́д noun (an act of rotating one's body)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- salta noun (an act of rotating one's body)
Swedish
2 entries- bakåtvolt noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- u-sväng noun (total reversal in policy or opinion)
Thai
1 entries- ตีลังกากลับหลัง noun (an act of rotating one's body)
Turkish
3 entries- geri takla noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- geriye takla noun (an act of rotating one's body)
- ters takla noun (an act of rotating one's body)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lộn ngược noun (an act of rotating one's body)
Sample sentences
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Tom tried to do a backflip.
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Topping off the performance with a backflip, the dancer preened in the applause.
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How did you learn to do a backflip?
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