Cartwheel

Word CARTWHEEL
Character 9
Hyphenation cartwheel
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Cartwheel"

What do we mean by cartwheel?

A handspring in which the body turns over sideways with the arms and legs spread like the spokes of a wheel. noun

To execute a cartwheel. intransitive verb

A wheel of a cart, or, figuratively, something resembling one, as, by exaggeration, the United States silver dollar (1873–1900). noun

The type of wheel used on a cart; it typically has wooden spokes and a metal rim. noun

An acrobatic maneuver in which the arms and legs are outstretched like the spokes of a wheel, and the body is turned sideways through one or more revolutions, by first touching the hands and then the feet to the ground, in rapid succession so as to mimic the rolling of a wheel; in the course of this feat, the person performing it is alternately upright and upside-down. noun

A silver dollar; a dollar made of silver. noun

To perform a cartwheel{2}. intransitive verb

The literal wheel of a cart. noun

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. noun

A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979. noun

To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel. verb

To flip end over end. verb

Acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel noun

A dollar made of silver noun

Do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet verb

A wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim noun

The literal wheel of a cart.

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.

A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Cartwheel

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The word "cartwheel" in example sentences

But the video shows the disastrous so-called cartwheel effect if the aircraft doesn't hit the water just right. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It rose to seventy-six in 1891 but then declined rapidly to sixty in 1898, and during the next three years the intrinsic value of a "cartwheel" was just about half its legal tender value. ❋ Unknown (1923)

Then they made a kind of cartwheel; their heads were in the centre of this cartwheel and their tails pointed out. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)

My first stunt was a cartwheel on the balance beam. ❋ Elizabeth Chandler (2011)

I asked her how her cartwheel was coming along and if she would do one for me. ❋ Victoria Osteen (2011)

When Ms. Aston and her compatriots appeared in traditional Martha Graham attire, Bracie and Ashleigh went wild; they fist-pumped eagerly at their mother's cartwheel. ❋ Marshall Heyman (2011)

I knew in a flash of clarity that all I had to do was stand up and shout an obscenity, or do a bare-ass cartwheel in the aisle, or snap up all the window blinds to let the sun blaze through, and the whole carefully calculated structure would come tumbling down around my ears. ❋ Terri Cheney (2011)

There's a girl doing a cartwheel on the sand in one shot; noses are pressed up against the blurry lens in another. ❋ Nicholas Casey (2011)

“Well then, he must surely be a cartwheel expert of some kind.” ❋ Victoria Osteen (2011)

The footwork is impeccable, the chemistry is sizzling and he even tosses in a cartwheel. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Would you believe George Nancarrow did a cartwheel on the bar? ❋ Alison Earls (2011)

"Thank God you didn't do that cartwheel tonight," Mr. Farkas told her, "Or we might have been at Lenox Hill visiting you." ❋ Marshall Heyman (2011)

“I think he got it,” he said aloud, and his heart turned a cartwheel. ❋ P. W. Catanese (2011)

Alice did a cartwheel while she waited for them, then stood on her hands and started walking in their direction. ❋ Cara Hoffman (2011)

Seeing those women on the runway made me almost want to do a Betsey cartwheel! ❋ Mary Hall (2011)

On one of the first springlike days, I went outside coatless, so happy about the upcoming changes in my life, about my new family, that I did a cartwheel on the cement walkway leading up to the house. ❋ Jessie Sholl (2011)

He does nail a cartwheel, but that doesn't make up for being out of sync for half of the dance. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I did a quick back walkover, then another cartwheel, and then another. ❋ Jessie Sholl (2011)

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