somersault

Meaning of somersault

noun
  1. an acrobatic movement in which a person turns head over heels in the air or on the ground and lands or finishes on their feet.
    a backward somersault
    Paula's stomach turned a somersault
verb
  1. perform a somersault, or make a similar movement accidentally.
    his car somersaulted into a ditch

mid 16th century (as a noun): from Old French sombresault, from Provençal sobresaut, from sobre ‘above’ + saut ‘leap’.

Information about somersault

  • The plural form of somersault is: somersaults.
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Hyphenation of somersault

som-er-sault

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • somersault is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

somersault synonyms

Meaning somerset:

somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting, flip

Words that rhyme with somersault

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