cartwheel

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[edit] English

Cart with cartwheels attached
Cartwheel silver dollars

[edit] Etymology

From cart + wheel.

[edit] Noun

Singular
cartwheel

Plural
cartwheels

cartwheel (plural cartwheels)

  1. The literal wheel of a cart.
  2. A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.
  3. (US) A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to cartwheel

Third person singular
cartwheels

Simple past
cartwheeled

Past participle
cartwheeled

Present participle
cartwheeling

to cartwheel (third-person singular simple present cartwheels, present participle cartwheeling, simple past and past participle cartwheeled)

  1. To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel.
  2. To flip end over end.
    The race car hit a bump and cartwheeled over the finish line.
Cartwheel: Aú Aberto (Open Aú)
Cartwheel: Aú Fechado (Closed Aú)