backbend

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
23
Letters
8

Definition of backbend

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
    “The gal's backbends, the father's hoofology, the boy's fast steps and the mother's taps all won solid mitting.”
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noun

  1. A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
    “The gal's backbends, the father's hoofology, the boy's fast steps and the mother's taps all won solid mitting.”

verb

  1. To perform such a move.

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Etymology

From back + bend.

Hooks

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