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SOMERSAULTING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

Synonyms:

flip; somersault; somersaulting; somerset; summersault; summerset

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("somersaulting" is a kind of...):

tumble (an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "somersaulting"):

flip-flop (a backward somersault)

Derivation:

somersault (do a somersault)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb somersault

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