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Somersault
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Somersault has 1 sense
- somersault(n = noun.act) flip, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset - an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return; Array is a kind of tumble
has particulars: flip-flop
Derived form verb somersault1
Verb Somersault has 1 sense
- somersault(v = verb.motion) Array - do a somersault; Array is one way to roll over
Derived forms noun somersault1, noun somersaulting1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
Somersault, n. [F. soubresaut a jump, leap, OF. soubresault, It. soprassalto an overleap, fr. L. supra over + saltus a leap, fr. salire to leap; or the French may be from Sp. sobresalto a sudden asault, a surprise. See Supra, and Salient.].
A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end. Donne. [1913 Webster]
"Now I'll only
Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset." [1913 Webster]
Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Somersault, n. & v. (also summersault)
--n. an acrobatic movement in which a person turns head over heels in the air or on the ground and lands on the feet.
--v.intr. perform a somersault.
--n. an acrobatic movement in which a person turns head over heels in the air or on the ground and lands on the feet.
--v.intr. perform a somersault.
Etymology
OF sombresault alt. f. sobresault ult. f. L supra above + saltus leap f. salire to leap
THESAURUS
Somersault
be lost, capsizal, capsize, culbute, founder, go down, keel, keel over, overset, overthrow, overturn, pitchpole, revolution, scuttle, sink, somerset, spill, subversion, turn over, turn turtle, turnover, upset, upset the boat, upturnROGET THESAURUS
Somersault
Inversion
N inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion, contraposition, contrariety, reversal, turn of the tide, overturn, somersault, somerset, summerset, culbute, revulsion, pirouette, transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hysteron proteron, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis, metathesis, palindrome, pronation and supination, inverted, wrong side out, wrong side up, inside out, upside down, bottom upwards, keel upwards, supine, on one's head, topsy-turvy, sens dessus dessous, inverse, reverse, opposite, top heavy, inversely, hirdy-girdy, heels over head, head over heels.
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