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backflips

backflips is the plural of backflip.

Meaning of backflip

Noun

backflip (plural backflips)

  1. An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
    • The gymnast performed a backflip on a trampoline.
  2. (broadly) A total reversal in policy or opinion.
    • Near-synonyms: backtrack, backpedaling

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Phrases with backflips

Questions about backflips

What is backflips the plural of?
Backflips is the plural of backflip.

Words near backflips in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backflips (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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