"backflip" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbæk.flɪp/ Forms: backflips [plural]
Etymology: back- + flip Etymology templates: {{pre|en|back-|flip}} back- + flip Head templates: {{en-noun}} backflip (plural backflips)
  1. (gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction. Categories (topical): Gymnastics Translations (an act of rotating your body): задно салто (zadno salto) (Bulgarian), 後空翻 (Chinese Mandarin), 后空翻 (hòukōngfān) (Chinese Mandarin), achterwaartse salto [masculine] (Dutch), backflip [feminine] (Dutch), transkapiĝa salto (Esperanto), mortosalto (Esperanto), taaksepäinvoltti (Finnish), salto arrière [masculine] (French), Backflip [masculine] (German), Rückwärtssalto [masculine] (German), Salto rückwärts [masculine] (German), Überschlag rückwärts [masculine] (German), hátraszaltó (Hungarian), salto mortale all'indietro [masculine] (Italian), バク転 (bakuten) (Japanese), о́братно са́лто (óbratno sálto) [neuter] (Macedonian), са́лто на́назад (sálto nánazad) [neuter] (Macedonian), salto mortal [masculine] (Portuguese), salt înapoi [neuter] (Romanian), са́льто n наза́д (sálʹto) (Russian), bakåtvolt [common-gender] (Swedish), geri takla (Turkish), geriye takla (Turkish), ters takla (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-backflip-en-noun-i9-jihLP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with back- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 35 7 38 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with back-: 18 29 18 35 Topics: gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'an act of rotating your body': 97 3
  2. (by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn. Tags: broadly Translations (total reversal in policy or opinion): пълен обрат (pǎlen obrat) (Bulgarian), koersverandering [feminine] (Dutch), ommezwaai [masculine] (Dutch), takinkääntö (Finnish), lehmänkäännös (Finnish), volte-face [feminine] (French), revirement [masculine] (French), Salto rückwärts [masculine] (German), 180°-Wende [feminine] (German), Kehrtwende [feminine] (German), Umkehr [feminine] (German), voltafaccia [masculine] (Italian), це́лосен пре́сврт (célosen présvrt) [masculine] (Macedonian), cotitură [feminine] (Romanian), разворот (razvorot) [masculine] (Russian), u-sväng [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-backflip-en-noun-P8qBc9s6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with back- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 35 7 38 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with back-: 18 29 18 35 Disambiguation of 'total reversal in policy or opinion': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 360 backflip Related terms: frontflip

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbæk.flɪp/ Forms: backflips [present, singular, third-person], backflipping [participle, present], backflipped [participle, past], backflipped [past]
Etymology: back- + flip Etymology templates: {{pre|en|back-|flip}} back- + flip Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} backflip (third-person singular simple present backflips, present participle backflipping, simple past and past participle backflipped)
  1. To perform a backflip (rotation of body). Translations (to perform a backflip): backflippen (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-backflip-en-verb-TEM~N1Iy Categories (other): English terms prefixed with back- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with back-: 18 29 18 35 Disambiguation of 'to perform a backflip': 81 19
  2. To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn. Translations (to completely reverse a policy or opinion): voltar atrás (Portuguese), mudar de opinião (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-backflip-en-verb-edvK4eLy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with back- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 35 7 38 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with back-: 18 29 18 35 Disambiguation of 'to completely reverse a policy or opinion': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: backflipper

Inflected forms

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        "(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbæk.flɪp/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zadno salto",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "word": "задно салто"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "word": "後空翻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hòukōngfān",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "word": "后空翻"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "achterwaartse salto"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "backflip"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "word": "transkapiĝa salto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "word": "mortosalto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "word": "taaksepäinvoltti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salto arrière"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Backflip"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rückwärtssalto"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Salto rückwärts"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Überschlag rückwärts"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "word": "hátraszaltó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salto mortale all'indietro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bakuten",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "word": "バク転"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óbratno sálto",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "о́братно са́лто"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sálto nánazad",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "са́лто на́назад"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salto mortal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "salt înapoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sálʹto",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "word": "са́льто n наза́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bakåtvolt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "word": "geri takla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "word": "geriye takla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an act of rotating your body",
      "word": "ters takla"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎlen obrat",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "word": "пълен обрат"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "koersverandering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ommezwaai"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "word": "takinkääntö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "word": "lehmänkäännös"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "volte-face"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "revirement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Salto rückwärts"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "180°-Wende"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kehrtwende"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Umkehr"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voltafaccia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "célosen présvrt",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "це́лосен пре́сврт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cotitură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvorot",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "разворот"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "total reversal in policy or opinion",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "u-sväng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "backflip"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with back-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "backflipper"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "back-",
        "3": "flip"
      },
      "expansion": "back- + flip",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "back- + flip",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "backflips",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backflipping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backflipped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backflipped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "backflip (third-person singular simple present backflips, present participle backflipping, simple past and past participle backflipped)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To perform a backflip (rotation of body)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reverse",
          "reverse"
        ],
        [
          "U-turn",
          "U-turn"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbæk.flɪp/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to perform a backflip",
      "word": "backflippen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to completely reverse a policy or opinion",
      "word": "voltar atrás"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to completely reverse a policy or opinion",
      "word": "mudar de opinião"
    }
  ],
  "word": "backflip"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": nazád vs. sálʹto",
  "path": [
    "backflip"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "backflip",
  "trace": ""
}

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