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Definition of "backflip" [backflip]

  • To perform a backward somersault, especially in the air. (verb-intransitive)
  • A backward somersault. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "backflip" in a sentence
  • "NASA has released a video of the Endeavour performing the "rendez pitch maneuver" which NASA dubs a "backflip" as it arrived at the ISS for the last time."
  • "The backflip is a win for Kids Free 2B Kids, which asked the ASB to revisit complaints about the bus ad."
  • "The reversal, or "backflip," has caused Mr. Rudd much embarrassment."