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hand-spring

hand-spring is the alternative spelling of handspring.

Meaning of handspring

Noun

handspring (plural handsprings)

  1. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.

Forms of hand-spring

pluralhand-springs

Questions about hand-spring

What is hand-spring the alternative spelling of?
Hand-spring is the alternative spelling of handspring.

Words near hand-spring in the dictionary

  1. hand-sling
  2. hand-slings
  3. hand-sold
  4. hand-spike
  5. hand-spikes
  6. hand-spring
  7. hand-springs
  8. hand-stitched
  9. hand-tab
  10. hand-tame
  11. hand-tameness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hand-spring (page history and authors); handspring (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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