somersault
Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne…Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.
» Tom did a somersault on the trampoline.
Meaning
1 sensesStarting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.
Near-synonym: backflip
Salto, Überschlag, Kopsibolter
кульби́тkulʹbít, кувыро́кkuvyrók, са́льтоsálʹto
са́льтоsálʹto, пере́кидperékyd, пере́вертperévert
an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
Examples
14 sentencesTom did a somersault on the trampoline.
He turned a somersault.
ruОн сделал сальто. — sharptoothed
deEr machte einen Purzelbaum. — xtofu80
Tom did a somersault.
ruТом сделал сальто. — sharptoothed
Tom turned a somersault.
ruТом сделал кувырок. — sharptoothed
deTom schlug einen Purzelbaum. — pullnosemans
I did a somersault.
Я зробив сальто. — deniko
ruЯ сделал сальто. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old OccitFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: somersaultsSynonyms
8 synonyms- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return:somersetsummersaultsummersetsomersaultingflip