cartwheel
noun
- sideways rotary movement of the body
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːtˌwiːl/ / /ˈkɑɹtˌwil/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English cartwheel From cart + wheel.
- The wheel of a cart.
“Near-synonyms: wagon wheel, artillery wheel”
- 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.
- A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
“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.”
- A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English cartwheel From cart + wheel.
- To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel.
- 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.”