HEADSPRING

fountainhead, headspring, head

(noun) the source of water from which a stream arises; “they tracked him back toward the head of the stream”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

headspring (plural headsprings)

A fountainhead; a source.

(figurative) A basis or foundation.

(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.

A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.

Verb

headspring (third-person singular simple present headsprings, present participle headspringing, simple past and past participle headspringed)

(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.

Anagrams

• ring-shaped, springhead

Source: Wiktionary

Head"spring`, n.

Definition: Fountain; source. The headspring of our belief. Stapleton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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