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backflip

backflip

English

Noun

backflip (plural backflips)

  1. (gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
    The acrobat performed a backflip on a trampoline.
  2. (by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, an U-turn.
    PM predicts water recycling backflips. Courier Mail, 29 Jan 2007

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Verb

backflip (third-person singular simple present backflips, present participle backflipping, simple past and past participle backflipped)

  1. To perform a backflip (rotation of body)
  2. To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.

Derived terms

  • backflipper