neckspring noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A move in which the gymnast starts by lying on his or her back, moves as if into a backwards roll, but then whips the legs upward and forward while pushing off to land on the feet.Continue without pause into a neckspring and, from the landing face-roll to hand-stand - pike again - and neckspring to stand. — 1965 verb1 •To perform a neckspring.Continue without pause into a neckspring and, from the landing face-roll to hand-stand - pike again - and neckspring to stand. — 1965 formsneckspringed · neckspringing · necksprings