backbend

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noun

A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.

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Meanings

nounbackbend (plural backbends)

plural backbends · alternative back bend · alternative back-bend

  1. danceA 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.

    1951 June 30, Billboard, page 40
verbbackbend (third-person singular simple present backbends, present participle backbending, simple past and past participle backbended or backbent)

present singular third person backbends · participle present backbending · participle past backbended · past backbended · participle past backbent · past backbent · alternative back bend · alternative back-bend

  1. To perform such a move.

Origin

From back + bend.

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Translations

Bulgarian мост
  • мост (most)a gymnastics, contortion, or dance move
Finnish taaksetaivutus
  • taaksetaivutusa gymnastics, contortion, or dance move
Latvian tilts
  • tiltsa gymnastics, contortion, or dance move
Russian мост, за́дний мост
  • мост (most)a gymnastics, contortion, or dance move
  • за́дний мост (zádnij most)a gymnastics, contortion, or dance move
Cite this entry
APA

backbend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backbend

MLA

“backbend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backbend. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backbend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backbend.

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