summersault
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Larry Nance Jr. only scored four but two were on a thunderous dunk that had teammate Young doing a summersault on the sideline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2015
The Galaxy have shaken off most of the rust since that game, with the critical return of Omar Gonazlez to the back line and Robbie Keane finding reason to summersault game after game.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 27, 2012
Some fly round with the flock, throwing a clean summersault every few yards till they are obliged to settle from giddiness and exhaustion.
From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel
Loosening the grip of his knees on the apple-bough, he turned a summersault backward and landed on his feet as lightly as a cat.
From Ole Mammy's Torment by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)
At this moment, however, the line slackened suddenly, and the fish threw himself clean out of the water, turning a complete summersault.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 by Various
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