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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Noun

handstand (plural handstands)

1. (gymnastics) The act of standing on one's hands, most often in an inverted way.
2. The position of standing on one's hands.
3. (gymnastics) Synonym of headstand.

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
• Māori: porotēteke
• Polish: stanie na rękach n
• Portuguese: pino (pt) m, parada de mão f, bananeira (pt) f (Brazil)
• Spanish: (el) pino (es) m, hacer el pino (es), parada de manos f, parado de manos m, paro de mano m, paro de manos m, vertical (es) f, hacer la vertical f, vertical de manos f, pararse de manos (es)
• Turkish: amut (tr)
• Vietnamese: trồng cây chuối (vi)

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) 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