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Definition of somersault
: a movement (as in gymnastics) in which a person turns forward or backward in a complete revolution along the ground or in the air bringing the feet over the head; also : a falling or tumbling head over heels
somersault
intransitive verbFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of somersault in a Sentence
The gymnast turned a somersault.
Recent Examples of somersault from the Web
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From there, Joker is an entertaining if remarkably brief series of somersaults and sudden drops that defies you to orient your location on the map of Gurnee.
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The new ride at Six Flags Great America is like being a kid and doing somersaults — but on a roller coaster.
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The new ride at Six Flags Great America is like being a kid and doing somersaults —
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The new ride at Six Flags Great America is like being a kid and doing somersaults —but on a roller coaster.
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Sixty-nine-year-old Bobbe, floating in the middle of the fuselage, curls up and tries a somersault.
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During the video the pair hung precariously from one of the giant cables, did somersaults on it and balanced on one leg.
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All of the divers added a double back somersault tuck to their dive list this year.
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One more punch for good measure caused Bektic to collapse on his head and almost do a somersault as the referee jumped in to stop the fight with just 1 minutes, 41 seconds left.
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SOMERSAULT Defined for English Language Learners
somersault
playDefinition of somersault for English Language Learners
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: a forward or backward movement of your body on the ground or in the air that is made by bringing your feet over your head
SOMERSAULT Defined for Kids
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Definition of somersault for Students
: a movement in which someone makes a complete turn by bringing the feet over the head
History for somersault
If you pay attention only to its sound, somersault is rather puzzling, because going head over heels has nothing to do with summer or salt. The spelling, however, suggests that the key to its history lies elsewhere. Somersault comes from a 16th-century French word sombresaut, made up of sombre or sobre, “over,” and saut, “jump.”
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Definition of somersault for Students
somersaulted
;somersaulting
: to perform a movement in which a person makes a complete turn by bringing the feet over the head
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