cartwheel

Speech parts

1. cartwheel - Noun

2. cartwheel - Verb

Meaning

acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel

a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim

a dollar made of silver

do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

silver dollar acrobat handspring wheel dollar aerial rotate flip tumble somersault turn over flip over 360 salto mortale cart wheel
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Antonyms

continue face

Hypernyms

wheel dollar wheel around acrobatic feat acrobatic stunt

Examples

Why do you need to do a fancy cartwheel for before you hit him? It just looks stupid. Owen Hart

As we twirled and snapped our fingers, I felt light and airy and fancy-free. Of course I did, I had no bloody panties on! And the cartwheel lift's coming up! And I'm a brunette! Tracey Ullman

Memories cartwheel out of her head & tumble across the floor. Anthony Doerr

It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split. Naima Adedapo

Even if you have nothing in your wallet, nothing can keep you from having a great summer. You can listen to crickets sing you to sleep, trace the Big Dipper, breathe in the stars, run through a sprinkler, host a cartwheel contest in the front yard. Regina Brett

I was always cast doing something athletic. I can't do a cartwheel. Tori Spelling

Close letter words and terms

cartshed cartulary cartway cartwheel hat cartwheeler cartwhip