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| somersault [ súmmər solt, súmmər sawlt ] or summersault [ súmmər sawlt ] |
noun (plural somersaults) (plural summersaults) |
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1. acrobatic rolling over of body: an acrobatic movement in which the body is rolled over, feet over head, either forwards or backwards, on the ground or in midair, finally returning to an upright position
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2. reversal of opinion or decision: a complete change of mind or reversal of policy
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intransitive verb (3rd person present singular somersaults, present participle somersaulting, past and past participle somersaulted) |
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perform somersault: to perform an acrobatic somersault
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| [Early 16th century. < Middle French sombresault, alteration of sobresault< Latin super 'over, above' + saltus 'leap'] |
