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headflip en · NOUN

Etymology

From head + flip.

Meanings

1. A quick movement of the head that changes its orientation.
   • 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. 2000, John Vernon, A Book of Reasons, page 237:
   • She shrugged, popped her gum, straightened up with a little headflip. 2012, James Axler, The Lost Scrolls:
   • He executed a series of gulps and headflips, veritably flinging the meat down his throat. 1945, Jean Devanny, Bird of Paradise, page 110:
   • Rubicon, fourteen, would often amuseus with his parlor tricks, with his handstands and footswings and headflips, but he was the only skilled among them. 1996, Jacques Servin, Aviary Slag: Stories, page 116:

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