Definitions for somersault

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somersault som·er·sault

Spelling: [suhm-er-sawlt]

IPA: /ˈsʌm ərˌsɔlt/

Somersault is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 1094 anagrams from letters in somersault (aelmorsstu).

Definitions for somersault

noun

1. an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
2. such a movement performed in the air as part of a dive, tumbling routine, etc.
3. a complete overturn or reversal, as of opinion.

verb (used without object)

1. to perform a somersault.

Origin of somersault

1520-30; Middle French sombresaut, alteration of sobresault; compare Old Provençal sobre over (Latin super), saut a leap (Latin saltus)

Examples for somersault

A somersault and Sun Wu Kung was standing before the city moat.

And with that he turned one somersault after another, so that he flew along like a whirlwind.

Your abolition government may turn a somersault some fine morning.

And—and then you came out, and turned a somersault, and—I wondered why, that was all.

When he turned the somersault, he looked at the piece of the ocean's roof.

Anything more complicated than a somersault looks like a cutscene from a PlayStation game.

Whenever the clown wants to rest, he has to get in the somersault position.

With that he turned a somersault and disappeared without a trace.

Her knees became as jelly, and her heart seemed to turn a somersault.

But Viggo turned a somersault instead of “Right about” and ran to the house.