backflip

/ˈbækˌflɪp/
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Other forms: backflips; backflipping; backflipped

Definitions of backflip
  1. verb
    perform a backward somersault, or flip in the air
  2. noun
    a backward somersault; a gymnastics movement in which a person flips all the way over backward in the air
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