frontflip

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noun

A floor movement, consisting of rotating one's body in the air 360 degrees in the forward direction.

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Meanings

nounfrontflip (plural frontflips)

plural frontflips

  1. gymnasticsA floor movement, consisting of rotating one's body in the air 360 degrees in the forward direction.
verbfrontflip (third-person singular simple present frontflips, present participle frontflipping, simple past and past participle frontflipped)

present singular third person frontflips · participle present frontflipping · participle past frontflipped · past frontflipped

  1. To perform such a maneuver.

Origin

From front + flip.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 前空翻
  • 前空翻 (qiánkōngfān)act of rotating
Finnish eteenpäinvoltti, voltti
  • eteenpäinvolttiact of rotating
  • volttiact of rotating
French salto avant
  • salto avantact of rotating
German Salto vorwärts, Vorwärtssalto
  • Salto vorwärtsact of rotating
  • Vorwärtssaltoact of rotating
Japanese フロントフリップ
  • フロントフリップact of rotating
Polish salto na przód
  • salto na przódact of rotating
Portuguese salto mortal
  • salto mortalact of rotating
Romanian salt înainte
  • salt înainteact of rotating
Russian сальто
  • сальто (salʹto)act of rotating
Swedish framåtvolt
  • framåtvoltact of rotating
Cite this entry
APA

frontflip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontflip

MLA

“frontflip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontflip. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frontflip,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontflip.

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