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Somersault
SOM'ERSAULT
, SOM'ERSET,Noun.
Definition 2024
somersault
somersault
English
Alternative forms
Noun
somersault (plural somersaults)
- (chiefly gymnastics) Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degree while airborne, with one's feet going over one's head.
Translations
the act of going head over heels
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Derived terms
- back somersault
- front somersault
- summy
Verb
somersault (third-person singular simple present somersaults, present participle somersaulting, simple past and past participle somersaulted)
- To perform a somersault.
- The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.
Translations
to perform somersault