"backflip" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbæk.flɪp/ Forms: backflips [plural]
Etymology: From 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), lộn ngược (Vietnamese)
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  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)
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Derived forms: 360 backflip Related terms: frontflip

Verb

IPA: /ˈbæk.flɪp/ Forms: backflips [present, singular, third-person], backflipping [participle, present], backflipped [participle, past], backflipped [past]
Etymology: From 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)
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  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)
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Derived forms: backflipper

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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "backflipper"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "back-",
        "3": "flip"
      },
      "expansion": "back- + flip",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From back- + flip.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "backflips",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backflipping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backflipped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backflipped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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"
}

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