handspring

handspring
/hand"spring'/, n., v., handsprang, handsprung, handspringing.
n.
1. an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
v.i.
2. to perform a handspring. Cf. somersault.
[1870-75; HAND + SPRING]

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