handstand

See also: Handstand

English

An acro dancer performing a handstand

Etymology

From hand +‎ stand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhændˌstænd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ændstænd

Noun

handstand (plural handstands)

1. A movement or position in which a person is upside down, supported by their arms with their hands on the ground.

Translations

a movement or position in which a person is upside down

• Bulgarian: челна стойка f (čelna stojka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倒立 (zh) (dàolì)

• Czech: stojka (cs) f
• Danish: håndstand
• Dutch: handstand (nl) m
• Estonian: kätelseis
• Finnish: käsinseisonta, käsilläseisonta (fi)
• French: équilibre (fr) m, appui tendu renversé m
• German: Handstand (de) m
• Greek: κατακόρυφος (el) f (katakóryfos)
• Hungarian: kézenállás (hu)
• Italian: verticale (it) f
• Maori: porotēteke
• Portuguese: pino (pt) m, parada de mão f, plantar bananeira (pt)
• Spanish: hacer el pino (es), parada de manos f
• Turkish: amut (tr)

Verb

handstand (third-person singular simple present handstands, present participle handstanding, simple past and past participle handstood)

1. (intransitive, rare) To perform a handstand.
   • 2017, Ash Bond, Gabrielle Parker, The Handstanding Yogi, page 193:

     My student Jon for example is a juggler, wanting to add another string to his circus bow, he decided to learn to handstand; not wanting to ruin his wrists, he sought out some professional help in learning to handstand.

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of hand +‎ stand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑnt.stɑnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hand‧stand

Noun

handstand m (plural handstanden, diminutive handstandje n)

1. handstand

See also

• hoogstand