headspring
noun
Meaning
- A fountainhead; a source.
- A basis or foundation.
- A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
- A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
- To perform a headspring.
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