somersault
noun
an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
somersaulted
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past participleof somersault.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof somersault.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
somersaultnounan acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
Example Sentences
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Children somersaulted into a pool as adults sipped cocktails and dined on burgers, blue- and orange-striped umbrellas shielding them from the summer sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025
Polly compares the enormous explosion to being in a movie, "a yellow swirl of light… then being flipped into the air and somersaulted around".
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2024
He somersaulted over the snow at New York’s Whiteface Mountain, near a spot where his coach was watching.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023
Two drives later, Davis front-flip somersaulted into the end zone for a six-yard score.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
For what seemed like hours, I bounced and twirled and flipped and somersaulted, my beaded braids flying up into the sky again and again, as if they could touch heaven.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
