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plural backbends
(gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands. quotations examples
The gal's backbends, the father's hoofology, the boy's fast steps and the mother's taps all won solid mitting.
1951 June 30, Billboard, page 40
third-person singular simple present backbends, present participle backbending, simple past and past participle backbended or backbent
To perform such a move. examples