backflip

noun

back·​flip ˈbak-ˌflip How to pronounce backflip (audio)
: a backward somersault especially in the air

Examples of backflip in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Nitro Circus founder Travis Pastrana posted an Instagram video of archer's famed triple backflip in tribute to his late friend. David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024 Beckford, 6-5 and 185 pounds, hopes to do another backflip this weekend at the Randal Tyson Center, where Arkansas is hosting the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday. Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2024 Tyreek Hill — Selfie backflip A backflip has become somewhat of a signature celebration for Tyreek Hill. Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024 The pièce de résistance, meanwhile, comes at the climactic end of the video, when Spears scales a skyscraper, backflips into the penthouse, and finally confronts her ex in a leather bra, pants, opera gloves, and a dramatic sheer cape. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2024 Watch Taylor Lautner talk about his viral backflip on The Kelly Clarkson Show above. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2023 In a video, Augustin does a backflip off a boat, landing squarely in the water. Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023 The cheerleader executed some backflips in the end zone before his pants fell to his ankles. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2023 During the freestyle, a driver named Todd Leduc, who drove Megalodon, a truck that looks like a shark, took off for a ramp without warning and pulled the biggest backflip most people had ever seen. Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of backflip was in 1904

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“Backflip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backflip. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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backflip

noun
back·​flip -ˌflip How to pronounce backflip (audio)
: a backward somersault especially in the air
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