handspring
an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
to perform a handspring.
Origin of handspring
1- Compare somersault.
Words Nearby handspring
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How to use handspring in a sentence
Her eponymous front handspring double twist was the single best vault in the final.
Gymnasts Say They Need Apparatus Warmups Back. That Should Be Enough. | Dvora Meyers | August 2, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightSoviet legend Natalia Yurchenko, who innovated the roundoff-back handspring entry vault, was injured in the vault final and had to withdraw from the remaining three finals.
Why It’s Not Surprising That Simone Biles Cheered For Angelina Melnikova | Dvora Meyers | July 30, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightIt requires explosive power pushing off the vault—backward, no less, after a roundoff and back handspring—to flip twice, with the legs in a pike position, before -landing.
Simone Biles Is Already the Best Gymnast Ever. She'll Be Even Better for Tokyo | Alice Park | June 24, 2021 | TimeYurchenko debuted the vault in an international competition in 1982, and this entry with a round-off back handspring has carried her name since.
Yurchenko and beyond: The origins of Simone Biles’s revolutionary vault | Emily Giambalvo | June 4, 2021 | Washington PostOther vaults require a gymnast to perform a front handspring onto the table.
Yurchenko and beyond: The origins of Simone Biles’s revolutionary vault | Emily Giambalvo | June 4, 2021 | Washington Post
The next moment he executed a handspring into the midst of the natives, almost upsetting one of them.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles BeechamThe tub went down, and Charlie turned a handspring in the hot suds and came up covered with foam and wet clothes.
Motor Matt's Mystery | Stanley R. MatthewsWell have no end of good times, said Bob, trying to turn a handspring on the grass, but tumbling down in the effort.
The Motor Boys Overland | Clarence YoungMonsieur Call bowed to everyone, including little Artaban, who acknowledged his courtesy by executing a handspring.
San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams | Charles Paul de KockHad he not been on his skates he would have attempted a handspring in the exuberance of his spirits.
The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island | Edward Stratemeyer
British Dictionary definitions for handspring
/ (ˈhændˌsprɪŋ) /
a gymnastic feat in which a person starts from a standing position and leaps forwards or backwards into a handstand and then onto his feet
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