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cartwheel
[ kahrt-hweel, -weel ]
noun
- an acrobatic feat in which a person starts from a standing position, with arms extended, and wheels the body sideways, landing first on the hands and then on the feet and usually repeating this in a series.
- Slang. any large coin, especially a U.S. silver dollar.
- Slang. an amphetamine tablet.
verb (used without object)
- to roll forward end over end:
The skier took a sudden spill and cartwheeled down the slope.
cartwheel
/ ˈkɑːtˌwiːl /
noun
- the wheel of a cart, usually having wooden spokes and metal tyres
- an acrobatic movement in which the body makes a sideways revolution supported on the hands with arms and legs outstretched
- slang.a large coin, esp the silver dollar
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Other Words From
- cartwheeler noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cartwheel1
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Example Sentences
Witnesses have portrayed her as a strange cartwheel performer with bad hygiene.
Behind the table was a smooth and perfectly round hole in the wall about the size of a cartwheel.
Here has been Cartwheel, your sweetheart; what will become of him?
Billy took everybodys attention away from him by turning an unexpected cartwheel in the middle of the floor.
They had been dredged up in the Isar's mud, found at a corner, dragged from under a cartwheel.
"There's your dollar," said the Idiot, tossing a silver cartwheel across the table.
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