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handstand Definition

hand·stand (-stand′)

noun

a gymnastic feat of supporting oneself upside down on the hands with the body held vertically

handstand Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • do: A break to put your back into I am looking through french windows at an upside-down St Michael's Mount, doing a handstand.
  • perform: Boys tended to play football and some liked to perform handstands against a wall or do somersaults.

Preposition: on

top: Then his fingers locked on to the cold wire of the fence, poised in a perfect handstand on the top.

Adjective modifier

  • one-handed: The dancing is exciting and ruthless: one-handed handstand hops, headspins, body-popping, all given a hard, aggressive edge.
  • funny: See Tigger demonstrate his tumbling skills, speak fun phrases, hear wacky sound effects, see him perform daring cartwheels and funny handstands.
  • perfect: Then his fingers locked on to the cold wire of the fence, poised in a perfect handstand on the top.

Modifies a noun

endurance: She even inspired a handstand endurance event which we haven't done for a long while.

Noun used with modifier

autobiography: Her 2005 autobiography Handstands in the Dark was voted a Best Read of 2005 by listeners of BBC Radio 4's Open Book series.