backflip
noun
back·flip
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Definition of backflip
: a backward somersault especially in the air
Examples of backflip in a Sentence
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The triple double consists of a double backflip with three twists. — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, "Simone Biles Is First-Ever Woman to Land Triple Double in Competition on Floor," 11 Aug. 2019 After all, this is the same guy who did a standing backflip to defeat Tarik Cohen last season in one of the Bears’ Saturday dance-offs. — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, "‘He does a lot of things you can’t coach’: A closer look at Roquan Smith and the Bears inside linebackers," 30 July 2019 Creators did backflips on the dance floor while the hip-hop singer Ty Dolla $ign performed live. — Taylor Lorenz, The Atlantic, "TikTok Stars Are Preparing to Take Over the Internet," 12 July 2019 From backflips out of the balconies to suplexes off the top rope to the concrete floor, this isn’t your granddaddy’s version of professional wrestling. — Adam Abdalla, Dallas News, "New Japan Pro-Wrestling makes its live Dallas debut tonight — and you can thank Mark Cuban for it," 6 July 2019 But as Bishop performs a backflip, a handgun falls from his waistband holster onto the dance floor. — Don Sweeney, sacbee, "Dancing FBI agent who shot man after backflip at Denver bar gets his gun back," 10 July 2018 Bishop’s story went viral after a video circulated on June 3 appeared to show him dropping a handgun while performing a backflip in Denver’s Mile High Spirits distillery. — Eli Meixler, Time, "The FBI Agent Accused of Accidental Shooting During a Backflip Has Been Arrested," 13 June 2018 Video from the June 3 incident shows Bishop landing a backflip at the Mile High Spirits bar, and reaching down to pick up the weapon that had fallen from his pants. — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, "Dancing FBI agent booked into jail over back flip gunfire," 12 June 2018 While Boston Dynamics' bipedal robot is busy doing backflips, researchers at the University of Tokyo have been taking a different approach to figuring out bipedal robot motion. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "This Walking Robot Cuts Corners By Just Flying," 16 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'backflip.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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