BACKBEND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backbend mean? 

• BACKBEND (noun)
  The noun BACKBEND has 1 sense:

1. an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor

  Familiarity information: BACKBEND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKBEND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("backbend" is a kind of...):

acrobatic feat; acrobatic stunt (a stunt performed by an acrobat)