"handstand" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhændˌstænd/ Audio: en-us-handstand.ogg Forms: handstands [plural]
Rhymes: -ændstænd Etymology: From hand + stand. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|stand}} hand + stand Head templates: {{en-noun}} handstand (plural handstands)
  1. A movement or position in which a person is upside down, supported by their arms with their hands on the ground. Categories (topical): Gymnastics Translations (a movement or position in which a person is upside down): челна стойка (čelna stojka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 倒立 (dàolì) (Chinese Mandarin), stojka [feminine] (Czech), håndstand (Danish), handstand [masculine] (Dutch), kätelseis (Estonian), käsinseisonta (Finnish), käsilläseisonta (Finnish), équilibre [masculine] (French), appui tendu renversé [masculine] (French), Handstand [masculine] (German), κατακόρυφος (katakóryfos) [feminine] (Greek), kézenállás (Hungarian), verticale [feminine] (Italian), porotēteke (Maori), pino [masculine] (Portuguese), parada de mão [feminine] (Portuguese), plantar bananeira (Portuguese), hacer el pino (Spanish), parada de manos [feminine] (Spanish), amut (Turkish)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈhændˌstænd/ Audio: en-us-handstand.ogg Forms: handstands [present, singular, third-person], handstanding [participle, present], handstood [participle, past], handstood [past]
Rhymes: -ændstænd Etymology: From hand + stand. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|stand}} hand + stand Head templates: {{en-verb|handstands|handstanding|handstood}} handstand (third-person singular simple present handstands, present participle handstanding, simple past and past participle handstood)
  1. (intransitive, rare) To perform a handstand. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-handstand-en-verb-Wuyzw9XK

Inflected forms

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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Ash Bond, Gabrielle Parker, The Handstanding Yogi, page 193:",
          "text": "My student Jon for example is a juggler, wanting to add another string to his circus bow, he decided to learn to handstand; not wanting to ruin his wrists, he sought out some professional help in learning to handstand.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform a handstand."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, rare) To perform a handstand."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhændˌstænd/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-handstand.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/En-us-handstand.ogg/En-us-handstand.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/En-us-handstand.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ændstænd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "handstand"
}

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