backflips
Gymnast's backward rotations
Backflips are acrobatic maneuvers in which someone rotates backward through the air, typically landing on their feet.
Gymnasts, divers, and cheerleaders perform backflips as technical elements.
Figuratively, to do backflips is to go to extreme lengths or express excessive enthusiasm: The company did backflips to accommodate the client.
Also spelled as two words.
Full-body forward rotation
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- cartwheelLateral body rotation
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
- handstandInverted balance on palms
tuck · layout · twist · rotation · pike · landing · springboard · trampoline
Indoor walking surface
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- dismountGet off something ridden
gymnast · leotard · chalk · mat · apparatus · competition · springboard · rebound
Fluid urban obstacle navigation
- stuntDangerous feat for spectacle
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- urbanPertaining to cities
- flowUnbroken forward movement
obstacle · concrete · rooftop · bail · send it · momentum · street · training
Boldness before danger
- courageFortitude facing danger
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- fearlessnessComplete lack of dread
risk-taking · guts · nerve · thrill-seeking · reckless · showoff · adrenaline · stunt
Complete change of direction
- about-faceFull directional reversal
- u-turn180-degree driving reversal
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- volte-faceComplete reversal of opinion
walkback · contradiction · retraction · one-eighty · change of heart
somersault
Full-body forward rotation
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- cartwheelLateral body rotation
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
handstand · tuck · layout · twist · rotation · pike · landing · springboard · trampoline · dismount
floor
Indoor walking surface
dismount · gymnast · leotard · chalk · mat · apparatus · competition · springboard · rebound · aerial
freerunning
Fluid urban obstacle navigation
flow · obstacle · concrete · rooftop · bail · send it · momentum · street · training · risk
bravery
Boldness before danger
fearlessness · risk-taking · guts · nerve · thrill-seeking · reckless · showoff · adrenaline · stunt · spectacle
reversal
Complete change of direction
- about-faceFull directional reversal
- u-turn180-degree driving reversal
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
volte-face · walkback · contradiction · retraction · one-eighty · change of heart
- circus acrobaticsacrobats, trapeze, trapeze artists, flying trapeze, tightrope
- gymnasticsgymnastics, balance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars
- party trickscard tricks, card trick, magic trick, magic tricks, spoon bending
- moto-xsupercross, freestyle, dirt bikes, tracks, riders
- monkey behaviorswinging, grooming, chest beating, tree climbing, howling
- agility trainingagility drills, ladder drills, cone drills, footwork, balance training
backflipsstanding still
Absence of motion
stillness · walking · sitting · lying down · lying flat
backflipsindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · shrugging · unmoved · unimpressed · nonchalance