HANDSTAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does handstand mean? 

• HANDSTAND (noun)
  The noun HANDSTAND has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HANDSTAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HANDSTAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("handstand" is a kind of...):

gymnastic exercise ((gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus))

Meronyms (parts of "handstand"):

kick up (raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a first movement in doing a handstand)