Meaning

3 senses
  1. The act of standing on one's hands, most often in an inverted way.

    Handstand

    the act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position

  2. The position of standing on one's hands.

  3. Synonym of headstand.

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Can you still do a handstand?

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  2. Tom did a handstand and his shirt fell over his face.

    ruТом сделал стойку на руках, и рубашка упала ему на лицо.

    deTom machte einen Handstand, und ihm fiel das Hemd über das Gesicht.

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  3. He's doing a handstand.

    ruОн делает стойку на голове.

    deEr macht einen Handstand.

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  4. Tom is doing a handstand.

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  5. Tom can't do a handstand.

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Translations

7 languages
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By meaning 1
a movement or position in which a person is upside down:

Origin

From hand + stand.

From hand + stand.

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Forms

plural: handstands
Singularhandstand
Pluralhandstands

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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