Meanings
present singular third person handstands · participle present handstanding · participle past handstood · past handstood · informal participle past handstanded · informal past handstanded
- intransitiveTo perform a handstand.
My student Jon for example is a juggler, wanting to add another string to his circus bow, he decided to learn to handstand; not wanting to ruin his wrists, he sought out some professional help in learning to handstand.
2017, Ash Bond, Gabrielle Parker, The Handstanding Yogi, page 193
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of headstand.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian челна стойка
- челна стойка (čelna stojka)a movement or position in which a person is upside down
Chinese Mandarin 倒立
- 倒立 (dàolì)a movement or position in which a person is upside down
Czech stojka
- stojkaa movement or position in which a person is upside down
Danish håndstand
- håndstanda movement or position in which a person is upside down
Dutch handstand
- handstanda movement or position in which a person is upside down
Estonian kätelseis
- kätelseisa movement or position in which a person is upside down
Finnish käsinseisonta, käsilläseisonta
- käsinseisontaa movement or position in which a person is upside down
- käsilläseisontaa movement or position in which a person is upside down
French équilibre, appui tendu renversé
- équilibrea movement or position in which a person is upside down
- appui tendu renverséa movement or position in which a person is upside down
German Handstand
- Handstanda movement or position in which a person is upside down
Greek κατακόρυφος
- κατακόρυφος (katakóryfos)a movement or position in which a person is upside down
Hungarian kézenállás
- kézenállása movement or position in which a person is upside down
Italian verticale
- verticalea movement or position in which a person is upside down
Māori porotēteke
- porotētekea movement or position in which a person is upside down
Polish stanie na rękach
- stanie na rękacha movement or position in which a person is upside down
Portuguese pino, parada de mão
- pinoa movement or position in which a person is upside down
- parada de mãoa movement or position in which a person is upside down
- bananeiraa movement or position in which a person is upside down
Spanish (el) pino, hacer el pino
- (el) pinoa movement or position in which a person is upside down
- hacer el pinoa movement or position in which a person is upside down
- parada de manosa movement or position in which a person is upside down
- parado de manosa movement or position in which a person is upside down
- paro de manoa movement or position in which a person is upside down
- paro de manosa movement or position in which a person is upside down
- verticala movement or position in which a person is upside down
- hacer la verticala movement or position in which a person is upside down
- vertical de manosa movement or position in which a person is upside down
- pararse de manosa movement or position in which a person is upside down
Turkish amut
- amuta movement or position in which a person is upside down
Vietnamese trồng cây chuối
- trồng cây chuốia movement or position in which a person is upside down
Cite this entry
handstand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handstand
“handstand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handstand. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handstand,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handstand.
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