cartwheel
pronunciation
How to pronounce cartwheel in British English:
UK [ˈkɑ:twi:l]
How to pronounce cartwheel in American English:
US [ˈkɑrtwil]
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- Noun:
- a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim
- acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel
- a dollar made of silver
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- Verb:
- do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet
Word Origin
- cartwheel (n.)
- late 14c., "wheel of a cart," from cart (n.) + wheel (n.). Meaning "lateral somersault" is recorded from 1861; as a verb from 1907. Related: Cartwheeled; cartwheeling.
Example
- 1. Can you do a cartwheel ?
- 2. Do a cartwheel when nobody 's looking .
- 3. An image provided by nasa on thursday shows the cartwheel galaxy .
- 4. Robbie keane dusts off his cartwheel celebration after scoring his first goal for liverpool .
- 5. No , this is perfect . I just have to resist the urge to do a cartwheel .