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Somersaulting   /sˈəmərsˌɔltɪŋ/   Listen
Somersaulting

noun
1.
An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return.  Synonyms: flip, somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset.





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"Somersaulting" Quotes from Famous Books



... to obey, the anthropoid ape made his surprise move, and did a thing which no ape would have thought of doing. He hurled Balisle toward the limousine. The somersaulting body struck the roof of the car, crashed through the fabric, and ...
— The Mind Master • Arthur J. Burks
... account of the great passionist's demeanor upon that solemn occasion. Did he harrow up his hearers with a burst from "Othello" or a deep-sea groan from "Hamlet," and then create a revulsion of feeling by somersaulting over the centre-fire of the circle and standing on his head before it, grinning diabolically at the incensed pot? Or did he, foreshadowing the coming Blondin, then unplanned, stretch his tight-rope across the small Niagara that flashes down into the ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 7, Issue 41, March, 1861 • Various


Words linked to "Somersaulting" :   flip-flop, flip, tumble, somersault, somerset, summersault


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