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backflipping

backflipping is the present participle and gerund of backflip.

Meaning of backflip

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).
    • On the July day that she put out a music video featuring Taylor Lautner, an ex-boyfriend, the actor backflipped across the stage in Kansas City, Mo., and paid Swift effusive tribute — “not just for the singer you are,” Lautner said, “but for the human you are.”2023 August 5, Ben Sisario, “How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Conquered the World”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023
  2. To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
    • Near-synonyms: backtrack, backpedal, walk back

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Questions about backflipping

What is backflipping the present participle and gerund of?
Backflipping is the present participle and gerund of backflip.

Words near backflipping in the dictionary

  1. backfitting
  2. backflash
  3. backflashes
  4. backflip
  5. backflipped
  6. backflipping
  7. backflips
  8. backflop
  9. backflops
  10. backflow
  11. backflowed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backflipping (page history and authors); backflip (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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