Somersault

English

Noun

Somersault (plural Somersaults)

1. In gymnastics, an act where the gymnast goes head over heels

Alternative forms

• somerset

Verb

Somersault (third-person singular simple present Somersaults, present participle Somersaulting, simple past and past participle Somersaulted)

1. To perform a somersault.

   The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.

Verbs for Somersault

avert—; avoid—; culminate in ;execute—; perfect—; perform—; practise—s; reverse—; —amazes; —astounds; —climaxes; —inverts; —surprises.

Thesaurus

be lost, capsizal, capsize, culbute, founder, go down, keel, keel over, overset, overthrow, overturn, pitchpole, revolution, scuttle, sink, somerset, spill, subversion, turn over, turn turtle, turnover, upset, upset the boat, upturn

Translations

Noun

the act of going head over heels

Czech: kotrmelec (cs) m. Finnish: kuperkeikka (fi), voltti (fi) French: galipette (fr) f. Icelandic: kollhnís (is) m., heljarstökk (is) n.

Russian: кульбит (ru) (kul'bít) m., кувырок (ru) (kuvyrók) m., сальто (ru) n. Spanish: voltereta (es) f. (by a child), salto mortal (acrobatics) Swedish: kullerbytta c.