somersault
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɒlt/ IPA: /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɔːlt/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɑlt/
Noun

somersault (plural somersaults)

  1. Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degree while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet going over one's head.
Translations Verb

somersault (somersaults, present participle somersaulting; past and past participle somersaulted)

  1. To perform a somersault.
    The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.



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