to somersault
5
2.9
- verb
- /ˈsʌmərˌsɔlt/
:
hacer una voltereta
- Trina squealed and lurched forward, nearly somersaulting out of Giselle's arms.
- somersault in the air
- sends me somersaulting
- flip and somersault
Examples
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All these human shapes shining and somersaulting in this all-white room give the whole space so much energy.
Blog text (12) -
Sometimes it somersaulted across her thorax like a gymnast.
Fiction book (1991) -
I'm going to go across to that rock, come back, hang Upside down under that under section, somersault up and then back.
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I remember you somersaulting through the air.
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Several of the twig-people moved this way and that, uncertain, and one of them somersaulted away from the battle.
Fiction book (1993) -
The powerful water sends Betsy somersaulting along the deck.
Fiction book (1990) -
Chris Ryan somersaults into the end zone, giving the Spartans a six-point lead.
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Kato comes sailing in from above, somersaulting in mid-air to deliver HEAD KICKS to the two sailors as he lands.
Fiction book (1997) -
Amazingly, she continues somersaulting at the apex of her ascent, suspended in mid-air by her magical momentum.
Fiction book (1994) -
The gymnast performed a flawless somersault during the competition.
Synonyms
46
2.9
A rolling fall or gymnastic turn of the body
21
3.7
A jump where the body turns over in the air
1
3.3
To jump and turn backward in the air and land on your feet
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb somersault comes from the same roots: sault means 'jump', so to somersault is to make a 'turn-over jump' and flip head over heels in the air or on the ground.