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frontbend

noun, verb — 2 senses

frontbend

noun

/ˈfrʌntbɛnd/

Etymology From front + bend.

1

Dance, Dancing, Gymnastics, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Any pose with an unusual degree of backward bending at the waist and/or any portion of spine while standing, kneeling, resting on the floor, or while suspended.

  • Finish in kneel on right, left leg pointed front; sit back on right heel, frontbend—arms downward to low rear.1965, Gymnastics Guide (Sports library for girls and women), Division for Girls and Women's Sports, American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation., page 92:

frontbend

verb

Etymology From front + bend.

1

To perfrom a frontbend.

  • They had extraordinary frontbending and backbending skills and could tuck their feet under their chins and waggle them – in triplicate!2013, Gruesome Facts: Factopedia, Igloo Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 222:
  • The practice of contortion can be divided into three categories: backbending, frontbending and dislocation.2016, Louis Patrick Leroux, Charles R. Batson, Cirque Global: Quebec's Expanding Circus Boundaries, McGill-Queen's Press, →ISBN, page 297:
Related terms
backbend

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