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
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 Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
This Michael Drayton tells you, of this leap or summersault of the Salmon.
From The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton
"I will," volunteered 'Gene Graham, and he obligingly tilted Paul up, so that he turned a neat summersault over his bed.
From Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son by Howard R. Garis
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