handspring

See also: hand-spring

English

An acrobatic dancer performing a front handspring

Alternative forms

• hand-spring

Etymology

From hand +‎ spring.

Noun

handspring (plural handsprings)

1. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.

Derived terms

• back handspring
• front handspring
• rising handspring

Translations

somersault

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: кълбо напред n (kǎlbo napred)
• Chinese:

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• Dutch: overslag (nl) m, handstandoverslag m
• Finnish: puolivoltti
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• German: Handstützüberschlag m
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: ハンドスプリング (handosupuringu)
• Korean: 핸드스프링 (haendeuseupeuring)
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• Plautdietsch: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: przerzut (pl) m
• Russian: фляк (ru) (fljak)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: please add this translation if you can

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• Russian: ^{(please verify)} колесо́ (ru) n (kolesó) (isn't this cartwheel?), ^{(please verify)} са́льто (ru) n (sálʹto) (isn't this somersault?)