backflip
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbæk.flɪp/
backflip (plural backflips)
- (gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
- The gymnast performed a backflip on a trampoline.
- (by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
- Courier Mail, 29 Jan 2007
- PM predicts water recycling backflips.
- Courier Mail, 29 Jan 2007
- French: salto arrière
- Portuguese: mortal para trás
- Russian: са́льто
- Russian: разворот
backflip (backflips, present participle backflipping; past and past participle backflipped)
- To perform a backflip (rotation of body)
- To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
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