Backflip and Flip

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Flip and backflip are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Flip" instead a noun "Backflip".

Flip noun - An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return.

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Backflip and flip are semantically related. You can use "Backflip" instead a noun "Flip".

Nearby Words: flipper, flipped, flipping, flippy

The punk gang who hangs out in the Lost Hotel are pretty decent folks too; the leader even teaches you an advanced rollerblade move called the cosmic flip, so long as you already know the backflip and the 360.

Source: Video Game / Pokémon X and Y
Eleya's order for a "Sulu Flip" refers to a scene in My Enemy, My Ally where Hikaru Sulu puts the Enterprise through a 180 degree backflip at high warp to bring the forward phasers to bear.

Source: Fanfic / The Universe Doesn't Cheat
Attack Pattern Alpha: The classic Crazy Ivan, plus something called a Sulu Flip (a reference to something Hikaru Sulu did in My Enemy, My Ally) that involves Eleya's conn officer putting the ship through a 180 degree backflip at high warp.

Source: Fanfic / The Universe Doesn't Cheat

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