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somersault

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15
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10
Pronunciation
/ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/
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/ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/ · /ˈsʌməˌsɔːlt/ · /ˈsʊməˌsɒlt/ · /ˈsʌmɚˌsɔlt/ · /ˈsʌmɚˌsɑlt/

Definition of somersault

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.
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noun

  1. Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.

verb

  1. To perform a somersault.
    “The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.”
    “He half-carries, half-drags it back to the stern, making sure the heat exchanger stays in the water, and somersaults it into the zodiac.”

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Etymology

From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old Occitan sobresalt, from sobre- (“over, above”) + salt (“jump”), from Latin suprā (“over”) + saltus (“jump”). Doublet of soubresaut. Cognate with Spanish sobresaltar (“to spook, startle”) and Portuguese sobressaltar (“to spook, scare, jump over”).

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