summersault
Britishnoun
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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
On they flew, and were within thirty paces of us, when I took a steady shot with the four-ounce, and the leading bull plunged head-foremost in the turf, turning a complete summersault.
From The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker
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
Does he turn a summersault or stick his tail between his ears and go over backward?'
From The Boy Scouts Book of Stories by Walt Louderback
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