English Explanatory Dictionary

neckspring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A move in which the gymnast starts by lying on his or her back, moves as if into a backwards roll, but then whips the legs upward and forward while pushing off to land on the feet.
verb
  1. To perform a neckspring.

Word forms

neckspring necksprings neckspringing neckspringed

Etymology

From neck + spring.

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