handspring

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again

From hand + spring.

After every revolution he would stop and turn a handspring. — Tales of the Malayan Coast: From Penang to the Philippines, Rounsevelle Wildman
Finally, they all made double somersaults and turned handsprings out of the room. — The Emerald City of Oz, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
One of the women whirled in a series of handsprings, like a blue balloon--her body as fluid as quicksilver. — The Gay Cockade, Temple Bailey

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