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backbend

noun

Etymology

From back + bend.

  1. derived from *bʰendʰ-✻ — “to bind, tie”
  2. inherited from *bandijaną✻ — “to bend”
  3. inherited from *bandijan✻
  4. inherited from bendan — “to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”
  5. inherited from benden
  6. compounded as backbend — “back + bend”

Definitions

  1. A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches…

    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.

  2. To perform such a move.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA