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backward somersault
" When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists."
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Meaning of "backward somersault" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BACKWARD SOMERSAULT

ˈbækwəd ˈsʌməˌsɔːlt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACKWARD SOMERSAULT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Backward somersault is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BACKWARD SOMERSAULT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of backward somersault in the English dictionary

The definition of backward somersault in the dictionary is a somersault performed in a backward direction with the legs leading the rest of the body.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACKWARD SOMERSAULT

assault · basalt · cobalt · counterassault · dalt · default · desalt · fault · Galt · gault · halt · malt · oversalt · oxysalt · persalt · salt · somersault · summersault · supersalt · vault

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACKWARD SOMERSAULT

backtrack · backtracking · backup · backveld · backvelder · backward · backward roll · backward-looking · backwardation · backwardly · backwardness · backwards · backwash · backwater · backwoods · backwoodsman · backwoodsmen · backwoodsy · backword · backwrap

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACKWARD SOMERSAULT

aggravated assault · at fault · bank vault · Bidault · Boucicault · by default · common assault · criminal assault · dault · electrical fault · Foucault · indecent assault · judgment by default · Perrault · pole vault · pole-vault · sault · sexual assault · the pole vault · to a fault

Synonyms and antonyms of backward somersault in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «backward somersault» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACKWARD SOMERSAULT

Find out the translation of backward somersault to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of backward somersault from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «backward somersault» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

后空翻
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

salto mortal hacia atrás
570 millions of speakers
en

English

backward somersault
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

पिछड़े कलाबाजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شقلبة المتخلفة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

назад сальто
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

cambalhota para trás
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পশ্চাদ্দেশ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

saut périlleux arrière
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mundur mundur
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Salto rückwärts
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

後方宙返り
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

뒤로 재주 넘기
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Mundur wae
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhào lộn ngược
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பின்தங்கிய குள்ளநரி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मागासवर्गीय
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Geriye döner takla atmak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

capriola all´indietro
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

salto w tył
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

назад сальто
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

tumbă înapoi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πίσω τούμπα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agteruit duikelen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bakåt kullerbytta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bakover saltomortale
5 millions of speakers

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QUOTES WITH «BACKWARD SOMERSAULT»

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Stephen Fry
When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKWARD SOMERSAULT»

Discover the use of backward somersault in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to backward somersault and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Scientific Aspects of Women's Gymnastics
The double backward somersault has become a common skill among elite gymnasts (fig. 6). The duration of take-offs in double backward somersaults has ranged from 0.108s in a backward double layout somersault to 0.157s in a tucked  ...
‎2003
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Official handbook of the Athletic League of the Young Men's ...
1.8 1.8 5 — Forward somersault 1.5 1.5 6 — Forward 1 % somersault 1.6 1.6 7 — Backward somersault 1.5 — 8 — Backward 1 % somersault 2.2 — 9 — Forward double somersault 1.9 1.9 10 — Backward double somersault 1.9 1.9 11 ...
Athletic League of the Young Men's Christian Associations of North America, 1915
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Biomechanics and Biology of Movement
Figure 12.2 A double backward somersault with sufficient body arch to limit the buildup of twist. Figure 12.6 Simulation of a back-in full-out straight: a double. the effects of instability, the remaining possibility is that in-flight corrections are made  ...
Benno Maurus Nigg, Brian R. MacIntosh, Joachim Mester, 2000
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How to Swim: A Practical Manual of Swimming by a Practical ...
one plain back dive and one backward somersault; and two from the high platform, one running plain dive and one standing plain dive, and six voluntary dives, to be performed from the high platform and to be selected from the following table: ...
James H. Sterrett, 1919
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Swimming ...
The program for championships shall consist of two compulsory dives from the lower platform, namely, one plain back dive and one backward somersault ; and two from the high platform, one running plain dive and one standing plain dive, ...
Frank James Sullivan, 1918
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Neuromechanics of Human Movement
Positive torques produced a backward somersault. Data from Miller 1981. Parti Summary part II The Motor System This text is. a torque that produced a backward rotation; that is, the line of action of the reaction force vector passed in front of the ...
Roger M. Enoka, 2008
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Intercollegiate Swimming Guide
The program for championships shall consist of two compulsory .dives from the lower platform, namely, one plain back dive and one backward somersault; and two from the high platform, one running plain dive and one standing plain dive, ...
8
Biomechanical Analysis of Fundamental Human Movements
In one respect gymnasts could be better high jumpers than track and field athletes since they can adopt a semipiked posture during a somersaulting motion . They could roll around the bar with the feet leading in a backward somersault.
Arthur E. Chapman
9
Somersault
This is what the people who killed Guide planned from the start. They weren't really aiming at a reverse Somersault. Guide's refusal—unto death—to take a backward Somersault showed them exactly where we stood, stumbling up out of the ...
Kenzaburo Oe, 2011
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Somersault
when we found the strength to crawl out of this hell, Guide was tortured to death by those people who, clinging to their one-dimensional viewpoint, tried to force him into a backward Somersault. Now that he's been killed, all I have is a handful  ...
Kenzaburō Ōe, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACKWARD SOMERSAULT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term backward somersault is used in the context of the following news items.
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Live video: Aurora theater shooting trial, Day 41
Another time, she saw him naked and trying to do a backward somersault while balancing a cup on his penis. "Yes, that trick," the nurse, ... «Colorado Springs Gazette, Jul 15»
2
British super-heavyweight Joe Joyce claims gold at European …
... finding the spring in his legs to perform a backward somersault and then lapping up the applause of the crowd and embracing his trainer. «SkySports, Jun 15»
3
Don't panic, advice will prosper in a changing world
There are two primary differences; the first being that I will not be performing a double-backward somersault through a hoop while whistling the ... «FT Adviser, Jun 15»
4
CNBC Doc Explores the Rush of Extreme Sports
X-Games legend Travis Pastrana, the first human ever to perform a double backward somersault aerial on a motorcycle, aka, a 720, ... «Newsweek, Jun 15»
5
Sportsday - rolling football news
But despite a spectacular backward somersault, 84-year-old Lowry showed what he was made of by, after a spot of treatment, heroically hopping back on stage ... «BBC Sport, May 15»
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Babbitt's catch propels Hughson to fifth consecutive Division V …
As the final out was recorded Saturday afternoon, Mackenzie Babbitt did a backward somersault and repeatedly banged her hand against the ... «Modesto Bee, May 15»
7
The arts diary: Man and Superman, NT live, Bacon Theatre …
Shaw refers to his characters' exchanges in a moral gymnasium, and his hero responds with the equivalent of a triple backward somersault ... «Gloucestershire Echo, May 15»
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IN-CAR VIDEO: Castroneves' Indy practice backflip crash
Then, his car went skyward, launching into a tail-first backward somersault at speed. After crashing back into the track surface ass-first, ... «RoadandTrack.com, May 15»
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Stoke City v Tottenham: Mame Diouf winging it well in debut season
The backward somersault that followed was merely the proverbial icing on the cake. Reflecting on his emotions in that moment, he says: "It is ... «Stoke Sentinel, May 15»
10
Dolphins like pairing Jordan Phillips' 'passion' with Ndamukong Suh
Phillips can do a backward somersault from a standing position. The second round hasn't been kind to the Dolphins lately. They were fortunate ... «Palm Beach Post, May 15»
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