💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Backbend"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| backwards rollnoun | (gymnastics) A movement in which one's body is rolled backwards, by crouching on the ground and lifting one's legs complete over one's head and lifting the head at the end. |
| walkovernoun | An easy victory; a walkaway. |
| backstretchnoun | (athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”). |
| backfallnoun | (wrestling) A fall or throw on the back. |
| back divenoun | (diving) A backwards dive |
| korbut flipnoun | (gymnastics) A backwards handspring from a standing position on the balance beam or the higher bar of the uneven bars, catching the bar on the way down. |
| kickovernoun | A gymnastic move in which the gymnast uses a kicking motion to return from a backbend or bridge to a standing position. |
| back double bicepsnoun | (bodybuilding) A standard pose in which both sets of biceps and back muscles are flexed, with one's back turned toward the judges. |
| back | (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place. |
| crossbacknoun | Two pieces on the back of an item (for attaching or bracing it) which form an "X". |
| headspringnoun | A fountainhead; a source. |
| 360 backflipnoun | A maneuver in various sports (such as skateboarding) in which the player flips backwards, rotates a full turn, and finishes travelling in the original direction. |
| kickbacknoun | (countable, informal) A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe. |
| reversenoun | The opposite of something. |
| backflopnoun | A diving error that results in the diver's back making an impact on the surface of the water. |
| backhandednessnoun | Insincerity, irony, or sarcasm. |
| backliftnoun | (cricket) The lifting of the bat in preparation for hitting the ball. |
| backhandernoun | (informal) A bribe, a secret payment. |
| rear double bicepsnoun | (bodybuilding) A standard pose in which both sets of biceps and back muscles are flexed, with one's back turned toward the judges. |
| backhandnoun | (tennis and other, racquet sports) A stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot. |
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