cartwheel

Plural: cartwheels

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
• The wheel of a cart.
• A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.
• A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
• A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979.

Verb

• do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet
• To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel.
• To flip end over end: normally said of a crashing vehicle or aircraft.

Examples

• The race car hit a bump and cartwheeled over the finish line.

Synonyms

silver dollar