frontflip
noun, verb
frontflip is a noun meaning “A floor movement, consisting of rotating one's body in the air 360 degrees in the forward direction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-O-N-T-F-L-I-P, and it appears about once in every 98 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of frontflip is frontflips.
What does frontflip mean?
noun
- 1
A floor movement, consisting of rotating one's body in the air 360 degrees in the forward direction.
verb
- 1
To perform such a maneuver.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of frontflip
- frontflips plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- frontflipping participle, present
- frontflipped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is frontflip?
Frontflip appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Frontflip in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of rotating:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | salto avant |
| German | Salto vorwärts, Vorwärtssalto |
| Portuguese | salto mortal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does frontflip come from?
From front + flip.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).