Usually means: Acrobatic flip using hands, momentum.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. handspring: Merriam-Webster
  2. handspring: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. handspring: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. handspring: Collins English Dictionary
  5. handspring: Vocabulary.com
  6. Handspring, handspring: Wordnik
  7. handspring: Wiktionary
  8. handspring: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. handspring: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. handspring: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Handspring, handspring: Dictionary.com
  12. Handspring (Gymnastics), Handspring (company), Handspring (gymnastics), Handspring (pda), Handspring: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Handspring: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. handspring: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. handspring: Rhymezone
  16. Handspring: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. handspring: FreeDictionary.org
  18. handspring: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. handspring: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. handspring: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Handspring (company), Handspring (pda), handspring: Encyclopedia

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Handspring: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (handspring)

▸ noun:  A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.

Similar:
somersaulting, salto, neckspring, springboard, Somerset, sommerset, soubresaut, summerset, summersault, swan dive, more...

Opposite:
backspring, backflip, back handspring

Types:
front handspring, back handspring, roundoff, layout, double layout, triple layout, quadruple layout, front tuck, more...

Phrases:
back handspring, handspring visor, front handspring, Handspring Puppet Company, more...

Adjectives:
back, front, double, forward, backward, impulsive, mental, arm, intellectual, perfect, complete

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Similar:
somersaulting, salto, neckspring, springboard, Somerset, sommerset, soubresaut, summerset, summersault, swan dive, more...

Opposite:
backspring, backflip, back handspring

Types:
front handspring, back handspring, roundoff, layout, double layout, triple layout, quadruple layout, front tuck, more...

Phrases:
back handspring, handspring visor, front handspring, Handspring Puppet Company, more...

Adjectives:
back, front, double, forward, backward, impulsive, mental, arm, intellectual, perfect, complete



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