backflip

[bak-flip]

back·flip

[bak-flip] noun, verb, back·flipped, back·flip·ping.
noun
1.
a backward somersault.
2.
a dive executed by somersaulting backward.
3.
Informal. a complete reversal in attitude or policy: Some committee members did sudden backflips, urging spending cuts instead of expanded programs.
verb (used without object)
4.
to perform a backflip: She backflipped off a bucking horse.

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Backflip is one of our favorite verbs.
So is peculate. Does it mean:
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to run away hurriedly; flee.

Origin:
1930–35; back2 + flip1
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