korbut flip
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A backwards handspring from a standing position on the balance beam or the higher bar of the uneven bars, catching the bar on the way down.
Example Sentences
- "Muchina was a new gymnast and her work was new (whereas Comaneci was near perfect but could almost be called 'old hat") but does a Korbut flip with full twist, a long upstart full twist and a hecht back somi..."
- "One of the exceptional ten is fourteen-year-old Leslie Pyfer, whose most difficult trick at Springfield was a back flip on the beam with her legs held straight (which is quite a bit harder to do than the original Korbut flip)."
- "In that routine, she showed off the first backward release move ever attempted on the uneven bars— a move so unusual and impressive that it became known as the Korbut Flip."
- "Get on the sofa, cross yourself, then pitch it with all your worth backwards, in the tucked position. If you land with both feet on the strip, then Gunga Din to you . . . you've just done a version of the Korbut Flip . . . if you can't, you'll never be a gymnast."