backbend

English

Alternative forms

• back bend, back-bend

Etymology

back +‎ bend

Noun

backbend (plural backbends)

1. (gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
   • 1951 June 30, Billboard, page 40:

     The gal's backbends, the father's hoofology, the boy's fast steps and the mother's taps all won solid mitting.

Translations

a gymnastics, contortion, or dance move

• Bulgarian: мост (bg) m (most)
• Latvian: tilts (lv) m
• Russian: мост (ru) m (most), за́дний мост m (zádnij most)

Verb

backbend (third-person singular simple present backbends, present participle backbending, simple past and past participle backbended or backbent)

1. To perform such a move.

See also

• backbend on Wikipedia.Wikipedia