What is "backflipped"

Usage examples of "backflipped".

A heartbeat later, his spider sense screamed a warning and, operating purely on reflex, he backflipped high in the air.

He backflipped upward as if gravity were a concept that didn't apply him, and landed on the main cable.

S/he skidded to a halt, and suddenly s/he backflipped through the air in a move of such astounding agility that even Slon gasped (although he quickly stifled the inappropriate sound).

At the same instant both of them backflipped into the air, landing on their feet poised in perfect mirror images, their blades whipping in identically curving slashes almost too fast to see.

She backflipped from her position astride the Australian girl's hips, stripped the layer knife and plasma gun out of the weapons belt on the armoire and dove out the second-story window.

But he wasn't there, having backflipped to land in a defensive posture.