handstand
noun
hand·stand
ˈhan(d)-ˌstand 
: an act of supporting the body on the hands with the trunk and legs balanced in the air
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Others get creative with a handstand.
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Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
The city is offering something rather unique as well: a mug featuring Santa Claus doing a handstand with the market logo and 2025 on the back.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 5 Dec. 2025
After scoring on a zigging, zagging, defender-dragging 14-yard touchdown run to give Atlanta a 17-7 lead in the second quarter, Robinson somersaulted into the end zone and did a one-arm handstand to get to his feet.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
And Paterson, looking punkish in denim streetwear, shocked the room by launching into a half handstand mid-runway.
—Henry Alford, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
The city is offering something rather unique as well: a mug featuring Santa Claus doing a handstand with the market logo and 2025 on the back.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 5 Dec. 2025
After scoring on a zigging, zagging, defender-dragging 14-yard touchdown run to give Atlanta a 17-7 lead in the second quarter, Robinson somersaulted into the end zone and did a one-arm handstand to get to his feet.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
And Paterson, looking punkish in denim streetwear, shocked the room by launching into a half handstand mid-runway.
—Henry Alford, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Handstand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handstand. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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