English Explanatory Dictionary

headspring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fountainhead; a source.
  2. A basis or foundation.
  3. A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
  4. A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
  1. To perform a headspring.

Word forms

headspring headsprings headspringing headsprang headsprung

Etymology

From Middle English head + spring.

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