backbend
backbend noun: a move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
Noun
backbend (plural backbends)
- 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.1951 June 30, Billboard, page 40
Verb
backbend (third-person singular simple present backbends, present participle backbending, simple past and past participle backbended or backbent)
- To perform such a move.
Forms of backbend
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | backbends |
| alternative form | back bend |
| alternative form | back-bend |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | backbends |
| present participle | backbending |
| past participle | backbended |
| past | backbended |
| past participle | backbent |
| past | backbent |
Origin of backbend
From back + bend.
Questions about backbend
- What does backbend mean?
- Backbend means a move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
- What part of speech is backbend?
- Backbend can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of backbend?
- The plural of backbend is backbends.
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