headstand
To stand on one's head.
Noun
- The act of standing on one's head.
- The position of standing on one's head.
- Synonym of handstand.
Synonyms: handstand
Origin
From head + stand.
Forms
Verb
- To stand on one's head.
- [D]ogs growled at the white arse end of a swan headstanding to graze underwater; […] - 2021 February 11, Paul Evans, “Country diary: the world stands divided between seasons”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian,...
- I did a headstand and twerked during his wedding, because that’s what he wanted. It was his wedding day, and he asked for it. So I gave the people that they want — twerking as well. I twerked while headstanding. - 2019...
- Photographs from the time show Ms. Brown triumphantly astride her headstanding elephant, arms raised high, her elaborate headdress perfectly in place. - 2021 July 23, Neil Genzlinger, “Alice Clark Brown, Black Star in a...