cartwheel
verb
cartwheeled; cartwheeling; cartwheels
: to move like a turning wheel
specifically
: to perform cartwheels
cartwheeler
noun
Examples of cartwheel in a Sentence
She cartwheeled across the floor.
The car hit the pole and then cartwheeled across the road.
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The launch attempt from a site in Norway follows the initial flight of the Spectrum rocket about a year ago, during which the rocket cartwheeled upside-down and fell a short distance from its Arctic launch pad.
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2026
Last spring a hunting partner of mine cartwheeled a big tom at 40 yards with a heavy load of No. 4’s from a 12-gauge three-inch Magnum shell.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
But there’s also something keeping the premise from cartwheeling into transcendence.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
The Lincoln Park player has even promised to learn how to cartwheel by the first game.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2026
Last spring a hunting partner of mine cartwheeled a big tom at 40 yards with a heavy load of No. 4’s from a 12-gauge three-inch Magnum shell.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
But there’s also something keeping the premise from cartwheeling into transcendence.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
The Lincoln Park player has even promised to learn how to cartwheel by the first game.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cartwheel
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“Cartwheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cartwheel. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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