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somersault
(encz) | somersault,kotrmelec n: Zdeněk Brož |
somersault
(encz) | somersault,salto |
Somersault
(gcide) | Somersault \Som"er*sault\, Somerset \Som"er*set\, n. [F.
soubresaut a jump, leap, OF. soubresault, It. soprassalto an
overleap, fr. L. supra over + saltus a leap, fr. salire to
leap; or the French may be from Sp. sobresalto a sudden
asault, a surprise. See Supra, and Salient.]
A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and
lights upon his feet; a turning end over end. [Written also
summersault, sommerset, summerset, etc.] "The vaulter's
sombersalts." --Donne.
[1913 Webster]
Now I'll only
Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset. --Beau. &
Fl.
[1913 Webster] |
somersault
(wn) | somersault
n 1: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head
(either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersault,
somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting,
flip]
v 1: do a somersault |
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somersaulting
(encz) | somersaulting, n: |
Somersault
(gcide) | Somersault \Som"er*sault\, Somerset \Som"er*set\, n. [F.
soubresaut a jump, leap, OF. soubresault, It. soprassalto an
overleap, fr. L. supra over + saltus a leap, fr. salire to
leap; or the French may be from Sp. sobresalto a sudden
asault, a surprise. See Supra, and Salient.]
A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and
lights upon his feet; a turning end over end. [Written also
summersault, sommerset, summerset, etc.] "The vaulter's
sombersalts." --Donne.
[1913 Webster]
Now I'll only
Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset. --Beau. &
Fl.
[1913 Webster] |
somersaulting
(wn) | somersaulting
n 1: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head
(either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersault,
somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting,
flip] |
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