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- noun Plural form of
handspring .
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Examples
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Wisconsin State Journal: "I found my niche," said Porter, who acted as a stuntman, doing flips, roundoffs and back handsprings and lifting his female counterparts.
Redskins sign former collegiate cheerleader Dan Steinberg 2010
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Gia counted down the first routine, which required the six cheerleaders to do cartwheels into back handsprings, one after the other.
Shore Thing Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi 2011
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On the CW's new series Hellcats, Marti Perkins (Aly Michalka) — a pre-law student at the fictional Lancer University in Memphis — loses her academic scholarship, so she does what any gal with a hidden passion for handsprings might: lands a cheerleading scholarship on the school's squad.
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Gia counted down the first routine, which required the six cheerleaders to do cartwheels into back handsprings, one after the other.
Shore Thing Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi 2011
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Alex could have run up, done a cartwheel and three back handsprings before making it to the other side which is exactly what she wanted to do when she walked in.
Platinum Aliya S. King 2010
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Alex could have run up, done a cartwheel and three back handsprings before making it to the other side which is exactly what she wanted to do when she walked in.
Platinum Aliya S. King 2010
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I was the same girl Kayla had grown up with, the one who did back handsprings in the grass for fun, or balanced a spoon on her nose even through a fit of giggles.
Copy Cat Jacque Nimble 2010
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WEST DES MOINES Shawn Johnson stands at the end of the balance beam and takes a breath before launching into two back handsprings, then a flip that takes her to the opposite tip of the 4-inch-wide beam.
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He laughed when he set it down, watching it run around on the carpet and do a few handsprings.
The Three Furies Kaza Kingsley 2010
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Cartwheels and handsprings and a great big fat WOW.
Stargate SG-1: Do No Harm-- complete! karenmiller 2008
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