Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A position, as in gymnastics or yoga, in which one supports oneself vertically on one's head with the hands braced for support on the floor or on a mat.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of standing on one's head.
- n. The position of standing on one's head.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands)
Etymologies
- From head + stand. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This pose is better known as a headstand, and is referred to as "the king of all poses.”
“I turn an underwater somersault, two, three; I do an underwater headstand, toes pointed perfectly up.”
“The stool “headstand” is based upon the principal of a skipjack and offers dynamic seating.”
“Yoga teacher Patricia Sullivan shares a cautionary tale about an injury she sustained practicing "the king of the asanas [poses]": headstand.”
The Washington Post: Documentary hails children with disabilities; article discusses yoga injury
““Christopher is in India, perfecting his headstand,” Cal said, looking oddly embarrassed.”
“When she taught one youngster to do a headstand during a yoga class, he was so excited that he told her, 'Miss, now I want to teach you something.”
The Huffington Post: Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Jailhouse Thespian
“I carefully followed eight steps to achieve a perfect headstand, and conquered my fear.”
“Instead of griping or avoiding the topic, Neal dives headstand first into his own at-times selfish or ignorant actions and attempts to change them.”
The Huffington Post: Derek Beres: The Unlikely Making of a Yoga Dude
“He would graciously allow the Senator “an assist from staff if necessary,” at least on the headstand part.”
“Like maybe to hold up a nomination a Senator needs to do a headstand (with an assist from staffers if necessary in athletic terms) on the Senate floor and say “I Richard Shelby wish to delay a vote on [Person's name] until tomorrow, February 6, 2010.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘headstand’.
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Many Stands
grandstand, Custer's last stand, bandstand, witness stand, upstand, bedstand, Rostand, handstand, hardstand, headstand, newsstand, stillstand and 95 more...
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Welcome To The Oddery
Odd things I notice here and there. It's the sort of list you can come to on a rainy day.
traffic signal, where's europe, scum, tesh, vivoleum, dna testing, cow urine therapy, three legs of man, sworn virgin, mud cookie, drunkorexia, poodle in a puddle and 247 more...
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What Keeps Your Ears Apart?
A sort of stuffie of words/phrases that include "head"
head of cattle, out of one's head, head of the stairs, come to a head, head of steam, head of the page, win by a head, head taller, headway, fountainhead, heads or tails, hit the nail on t... and 143 more...
Tweets
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bilby In Edinburgh. On Princes Street by the look of it. Apr 13, 2009