Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To perform a backward somersault, especially in the air.
- noun A backward somersault.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An act of
rotating one's body 360degrees in thebackward direction. - noun by extension a total
reversal inpolicy oropinion ; avolte-face , anU-turn . - verb To perform a backflip (rotation of body)
- verb To completely
reverse a policy or opinion; perform aU-turn .
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Examples
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NASA has released a video of the Endeavour performing the "rendez pitch maneuver" which NASA dubs a "backflip" as it arrived at the ISS for the last time.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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The backflip is a win for Kids Free 2B Kids, which asked the ASB to revisit complaints about the bus ad.
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The proposed delay is widely characterized as a "backflip" and has caused Mr. Rudd a lot of embarrassment this week.
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The reversal, or "backflip," has caused Mr. Rudd much embarrassment.
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Dave's gut did a kind of backflip in revulsion as the boy briefly dissolved into a cloud of smoke, then faded back in again.
Children Of The Night Lackey, Mercedes 1990
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He offered two excuses: the need for more time to judge any global actions on climate change before Australia goes ahead itself; and the opposition's "backflip" in parliament.
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The opposition says it's back to "business as usual" for the hospital system after the latest Labor "backflip".
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What's with the obsession over Howard's "backflip" on the GST.
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It sought to highlight the "backflip" performed by Storm chairman Rob Moodie and his fellow non News-aligned directors, Petra Fawcett, Peter Maher and Gerry Ryan who are now suing the
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Help function was turned off when we tested the app before its official launch, and there are some interface issues with the Explore window on the Motorola Backflip while in "backflip" mode.
The Download Blog: Software tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors 2010
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