backbend

Etymology

back + bend

noun

  1. (gymnastics, dance) 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. June 30 1951, Billboard, page 40

verb

  1. To perform such a move.

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