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somersault

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aelmorsstuStarts with SEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

Word origin

From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old Occitan sobresalt, from sobre- (“over, above”) + salt (“jump”), from Latin suprā (“over”) + saltus (“jump”). Doublet of soubresaut.

Used in a sentence

  • The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.
  • He half-carries, half-drags it back to the stern, making sure the heat exchanger stays in the water, and somersaults it into the zodiac.

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