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Definition of Handspring
1. Noun. An acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again.
Definition of Handspring
1. n. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
Definition of Handspring
1. Noun. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Handspring
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handspring
Literary usage of Handspring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ninth Annual Old Glory Horse Auction of America's Greatest Light Horses at ...by Fasig-Tipton Co by Fasig-Tipton Co (1903)
"handspring Joe is a three-year-old of high form, size and great quality. ...
handspring Joe should have no difficulty in making a record of 2:10 or better ..."
2. Gymnastic Teaching by William Skarstrom (1921)
"handspring over rolled up mat. Hand-and-head spring from rolled up mat. ...
Cart wheel and handspring. Forward somersault (with belt). ..."
3. Handbook of School-gymnastics of the Swedish System: With 100 Consecutive by Nils Posse (1892)
"handspring lengthwise on box. 55. Vault lengthwise between the hands. 56.
Vault box face down, ... handspring lengthwise on horse, hands strike twice, etc. ..."
4. Principles of Education Applied to Practice by Wallace Franklin Jones (1911)
"The man who sees another man turn a handspring does not definitely know a handspring
until he turns one himself; and if he can never ..."
5. Goodwin's Official Annual Turf Guide for ...Horse racing (1897)
"1:61. and Í4 was Swain, Mann and handspring: at % and % it was Mann, ... 90),
Van Kuren It Betting: 3 Belmar and Mann (coupled): 4 handspring; 7 Eder; ..."
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