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somersault
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[ noun ] (sport) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
Synonyms Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)It is made_up of tumbling , which might be said to start with a somersault , run_through such stunts as headstands , handstands , cartwheels , backbends , and culminate in nearly impossible combinations of aerial flips and twists and apparatus work . The last essential to the beginner 's gymnastic program is the somersault , or forward roll . (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)First , Arlene had put them through some rapid somersaults . Then , they said General_Burnside was going_to jump over his horse 's head ; and they did some somersaults . |
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[ verb ] do a somersault
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