backflip

English

Etymology

From back- +‎ flip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæk.flɪp/

Noun

backflip (plural backflips)

1. (gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.

   The gymnast performed a backflip on a trampoline.

2. (by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
   • Courier Mail, 29 Jan 2007

     PM predicts water recycling backflips.

Derived terms

• 360 backflip

Related terms

• frontflip

Translations

an act of rotating your body

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• Bulgarian: задно салто (zadno salto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後空翻／后空翻 (zh) (hòukōngfān)

• Dutch: achterwaartse salto m, backflip f
• Esperanto: transkapiĝa salto, mortosalto
• Finnish: taaksepäinvoltti
• French: salto arrière (fr) m
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• German: Backflip m, Rückwärtssalto m, Salto rückwärts m, Überschlag rückwärts m
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• Hungarian: hátraszaltó (hu)
• Italian: salto mortale all'indietro m
• Japanese: バク転 (bakuten)
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• Macedonian: о́братно са́лто n (óbratno sálto), са́лто на́назад n (sálto nánazad)
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• Portuguese: salto mortal m
• Romanian: salt înapoi n
• Russian: са́льто (ru) n (sálʹto) наза́д (ru) (nazád)
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• Swedish: bakåtvolt (sv) c
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• Turkish: geri takla, geriye takla, ters takla
• Vietnamese: lộn ngược
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total reversal in policy or opinion

• Bulgarian: пълен обрат (pǎlen obrat)
• Chinese:

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• Dutch: koersverandering (nl) f, ommezwaai (nl) m
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• Finnish: takinkääntö (fi), lehmänkäännös
• French: volte-face (fr) f, revirement (fr) m
• German: Salto rückwärts m, 180°-Wende f, Kehrtwende (de) f, Umkehr (de) f
• Italian: voltafaccia (it) m
• Macedonian: це́лосен пре́сврт m (célosen présvrt)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: cotitură (ro) f
• Russian: разворот (ru) m (razvorot)
• Swedish: u-sväng c
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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).
2. To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.

Derived terms

• backflipper

Translations

to perform a backflip

• Dutch: backflippen (nl)

to completely reverse a policy or opinion

• Portuguese: voltar atrás, mudar de opinião