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Cartwheel

//ˈkɑɹtˌwil// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The wheel of a cart.
  2. 2
    acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel wordnet
  3. 3
    A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.
  4. 4
    a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim wordnet
  5. 5
    A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings. UK, historical, obsolete, slang

    "Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon."

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  1. 6
    a dollar made of silver wordnet
  2. 7
    A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979. US, historical, obsolete, slang
Verb
  1. 1
    To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel.
  2. 2
    do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet wordnet
  3. 3
    To flip end over end: normally said of a crashing vehicle or aircraft.

    "The race car hit a bump and cartwheeled over the finish line."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cart + wheel.

Etymology 2

From cart + wheel.

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