Definition of "handsprings" [handsprings]

• Plural form of handspring. (noun)

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• "On the CW's new series Hellcats, Marti Perkins (Aly Michalka) — a pre-law student at the fictional Lancer University in Memphis — loses her academic scholarship, so she does what any gal with a hidden passion for handsprings might: lands a cheerleading scholarship on the school's squad."
• "Wisconsin State Journal: "I found my niche," said Porter, who acted as a stuntman, doing flips, roundoffs and back handsprings and lifting his female counterparts."
• "Gia counted down the first routine, which required the six cheerleaders to do cartwheels into back handsprings, one after the other."