somersault
noun
som·er·sault
ˈsə-mər-ˌsȯlt 
variants
or less commonly summersault
: 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 verb
Examples of somersault in a Sentence
The gymnast turned a somersault.
Recent Examples on the Web
Another TikTok user posted a video that showed a person gearing up for a floor routine, and instead performing a simple somersault and half a cartwheel.
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Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
There's another cool benefit of the somersault long jump.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 2 Aug. 2024
The opening ceremony of an Olympics always offers promise: two weeks of rallying around athletic performance, the races in the pool, and somersaults off the vault stealing mindshare from the Israel-Gaza war, persistent bloodshed in Ukraine, and other global disruptions.
—Sean Gregory/paris, TIME, 27 July 2024
The Biles on the vault is a round-off, into a back hand-spring with a half turn, completing the move by twisting twice in a somersault.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 22 July 2024
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Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
There's another cool benefit of the somersault long jump.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 2 Aug. 2024
The opening ceremony of an Olympics always offers promise: two weeks of rallying around athletic performance, the races in the pool, and somersaults off the vault stealing mindshare from the Israel-Gaza war, persistent bloodshed in Ukraine, and other global disruptions.
—Sean Gregory/paris, TIME, 27 July 2024
The Biles on the vault is a round-off, into a back hand-spring with a half turn, completing the move by twisting twice in a somersault.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 22 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for somersault
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“Somersault.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/somersault. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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