backflip
Etymology
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Etymology
From
- 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
- German: Backflip, Rückwärtssalto, Salto rückwärts, Überschlag rückwärts
- Italian: salto mortale all'indietro
- Portuguese: salto mortal
- Russian: са́льто
- French: volte-face, revirement
- German: Salto rückwärts, 180°-Wende, Kehrtwende, Umkehr
- Italian: voltafaccia
- Russian: разворот
backflip (third-person singular simple present backflips, present participle backflipping, simple past and past participle backflipped)
Translations- Portuguese: voltar atrás, mudar de opinião
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