Usually means: Arching backward, bending spine gracefully.
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  1. backbend: Merriam-Webster
  2. backbend: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backbend: Collins English Dictionary
  4. backbend: Vocabulary.com
  5. backbend: Wordnik
  6. backbend: Wiktionary
  7. backbend: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. backbend: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. backbend: Dictionary.com
  10. Backbend: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. backbend: Rhymezone
  12. backbend: FreeDictionary.org
  13. backbend: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. backbend: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. backbend: Merriam-Webster

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  1. backbend: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (backbend)

noun:  (gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
verb:  To perform such a move.

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