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Definition 2024
backbend
backbend
English
Alternative forms
- back bend
- back-bend
Noun
backbend (plural backbends)
- (gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands
Translations
a gymnastics, contortion, or dance move
Verb
backbend (third-person singular simple present backbends, present participle backbending, simple past and past participle backbended)
- To perform such a move.