headflip

English

Etymology

From head +‎ flip.

Noun

headflip (plural headflips)

1. A quick movement of the head that changes its orientation.
   • 1945, Jean Devanny, Bird of Paradise, page 110:

     He executed a series of gulps and headflips, veritably flinging the meat down his throat.

   • 1996, Jacques Servin, Aviary Slag: Stories, page 116:

     Rubicon, fourteen, would often amuseus with his parlor tricks, with his handstands and footswings and headflips, but he was the only skilled among them.

   • 2000, John Vernon, A Book of Reasons, page 237:

     Already, those sperm snapped around like springs, also lashed their tails, did headflips and cartwheels, crowded one another, swam in circles, and generally postured like pent-up adolescents eager to be off.

   • 2012, James Axler, The Lost Scrolls:

     She shrugged, popped her gum, straightened up with a little headflip.