If you wind up the doll with the key on the side of its torso it will swing its arms round and go forward doing somersaults.
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Somersaults
Synonyms for "somersaults" (8 found)
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8 entriesacrobatics maneuveracrobatics moveconceptual changegymnastics movemetaphorical actionphysical skillpolicy shiftstrategic decision
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8 entriesback somersaultbackward somersaultforward somersaultfront somersaultpolicy reversalstance reversalstrategic pivottuck somersault
Collocations
11 entriesback somersaultbackward somersaultcomplete a somersaultdo a somersaultdouble somersaultexecute a somersaultforward somersaultfront somersaultfull somersaultperform a somersaultsingle somersault
Inflections
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4 entriesSample sentences
6 total sentences available.
He can do five somersaults without breaking a sweat.
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There were grotesque dolphins turning somersaults, and gigantic whales squirting water through their nostrils like hundreds of fountains on every side.
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Can you teach me how to do somersaults?
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