moonsault

English

/muːnsu/

noun
Definitions
  • (professional wrestling) An attack where the wrestlerwrestler faces away from the supinesupine opponent and executes a backflipbackflip landing on the opponent in a splash/press position but facing towards the elevated position.

Etymology

Compound from English moon + English sault.

Origin

English

sault

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