Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. 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.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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.
Wiktionary
- n. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again
Examples
“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.”
“Using a couple handspring maneuvers I've never seen before he changed direction and sprinted through weeds and across the rocks back towards the road.”
“She threw another back handspring and cheered loudly.”
““Split, jump, high V, turn, and finish off with a back handspring!””
“When the cue came, I raced forward and sprang, executing a handspring and round-off, landing five inches from his face.”
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“Men should have some advantages, instructors say: their greater upper body strength is ideal for moves like "twisted grip handspring" and "pencil pose.”
The Wall Street Journal: Despite Its Bad Reputation, Pole Dancing Appeals to Men in a New Way
“I've only read a handful of e-books, and most of those were in formats I was able to toss on my handspring when it still worked.”
“So even as Democrats themselves acknowledge that one reason the public hates ObamaCare so much is the corrupt tactics they have used to advance it through Congress, they still plan to try to land this Pelosian triple-handspring-quadruple pole vault to passage.”
“His movement was fluid, his jumps were high and energetic, his handspring over her was stunning, his form was excellent - his arabesque in attitude - overall, really good form.”
“I could do a double back handspring off those things.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘handspring’.
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Handy Words
List of words and phrases referring to the hand, hands, fist, or derivatives of the Latin manus, beginning with left-handed.
left-handed, double-fisted, fisticuffs, handy, right-handed, two-handed, manual, manumission, manuscript, manually, manustupration, manudiction and 164 more...
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Five Consecutive Consonants
A list of words containing five consecutive consonants
I do not include words containing "y" as part of the 5-letter string, since that letter invariably functions as a vowel, as in rhythm. <...heartstricken, heartstruck, wellspring, offspring, yachtsman, worthwhile, backstretch, backstroke, downstream, downstroke, breaststroke, birthstone and 188 more...
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Consecutive Consonants
borscht, worthwhile, bronkhurstspruit, latchstring, hirschsprung's di..., backstroke, birthplace, birthstone, breaststroke, corkscrew, downstream, erstwhile and 26 more...
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