Somersault
noun
An acrobatic movement where the body turns over with the feet above the head.
The gymnast performed a perfect somersault on the stage.
Often appears as...
- do a somersault
- perform a somersault
verb
To do an acrobatic movement where your body turns over with your feet above your head.
The dogs were jumping and somersaulting in the yard.
Often appears as...
- somersault forward
- somersault backward
noun
An acrobatic movement where the body turns over with the feet above the head.
The gymnast performed a perfect somersault on the stage.
Often appears as...
- do a somersault
- perform a somersault
verb
To do an acrobatic movement where your body turns over with your feet above your head.
The dogs were jumping and somersaulting in the yard.
Often appears as...
- somersault forward
- somersault backward
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Skill
Somersault often refers to skillful gymnastic moves requiring practice and flexibility.
The acrobat's somersault amazed the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Usage
'Somersault' can be used casually to describe playful movements, not just professional gymnastics.
The children did somersaults on the lawn.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Sense
Somersault can depict a sudden or complete change in opinion or situation, as if turning over.
His views took a somersault after the debate.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Skill
Somersault often refers to skillful gymnastic moves requiring practice and flexibility.
The acrobat's somersault amazed the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Usage
'Somersault' can be used casually to describe playful movements, not just professional gymnastics.
The children did somersaults on the lawn.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Sense
Somersault can depict a sudden or complete change in opinion or situation, as if turning over.
His views took a somersault after the debate.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Skill
Somersault often refers to skillful gymnastic moves requiring practice and flexibility.
The acrobat's somersault amazed the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Usage
'Somersault' can be used casually to describe playful movements, not just professional gymnastics.
The children did somersaults on the lawn.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Sense
Somersault can depict a sudden or complete change in opinion or situation, as if turning over.
His views took a somersault after the debate.
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Video examples
Are athletes really...
of the flip turn. Rather than stopping and turning around, athletes could somersault under the water and get going right away in the opposite direction. This second cliff, the introduction of gutters on the side of the pool that allows water to splash off, rather than becoming turbulence that impedes the swimmers as they race.
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Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
years when he was little living in a brothel after he'd been abandoned there but when he was old enough to train as a trapeze artist he was taken back into the circus and he went on to become one of the best performance that the trapeze world has ever had he's the only person to complete the quadruple somersault on
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Cannibalism in the...
Rather than scrambling away after mating, the tiny male does a somersault, bringing his abdomen into contact with his mate’s mouthparts. The female showers him with enzyme-rich gut juice and consumes his abdomen. Males not killed in the initial mating crawl back into the fray, often half-eaten,
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Should Primates be Kept...
And psychologically, Jerry also somersaulted a lot. So if you can imagine having this sort of as being as your only space, he still does that behaviour now because again these coping mechanisms, these abnormal behaviours that they have are life long. Luckily they're reducing a lot.
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Elsie the Stuffed Moose...
who was doing Rambo you know somersaults down the ditch trying to stalk the moose it was funniest thing you've ever seen he was legal at that point to shoot but we hurried up and said hey don't shoot her animal the goal is to catch violators not just have random people
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Safari Live - Day 280 PIPE...
beautiful that is three rollers today if I manage to get you a broad bull roller well I'll do a backwards somersault on the spot how's that I will and we'll try helps right ah giraffe girl now when you talk about the top of the list that means of birds that I
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The astounding athletic...
novel machine architectures or to design clever algorithms that gracefully handle damage, just like human athletes do, instead of building machines with redundancy. We can't help but hold our breath when we watch a diver somersaulting into the water,
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Surviving Prison in...
You know, my mind just still going round and round and doing somersaults. I remember thinking I'd come to Thailand, you know, start a new life, build the relationship back up with my dad. And here I was.
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Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
nostril I can't help it you say they were in a honey badger and I'm doing backward somersaults in my seats even
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Parasite Plague PIPE Big...
but somersaulting into a pouch is never a simple procedure
Video examples
Are athletes really...
of the flip turn. Rather than stopping and turning around, athletes could somersault under the water and get going right away in the opposite direction. This second cliff, the introduction of gutters on the side of the pool that allows water to splash off, rather than becoming turbulence that impedes the swimmers as they race.
Video examples
Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
years when he was little living in a brothel after he'd been abandoned there but when he was old enough to train as a trapeze artist he was taken back into the circus and he went on to become one of the best performance that the trapeze world has ever had he's the only person to complete the quadruple somersault on
Video examples
Cannibalism in the...
Rather than scrambling away after mating, the tiny male does a somersault, bringing his abdomen into contact with his mate’s mouthparts. The female showers him with enzyme-rich gut juice and consumes his abdomen. Males not killed in the initial mating crawl back into the fray, often half-eaten,
Video examples
Should Primates be Kept...
And psychologically, Jerry also somersaulted a lot. So if you can imagine having this sort of as being as your only space, he still does that behaviour now because again these coping mechanisms, these abnormal behaviours that they have are life long. Luckily they're reducing a lot.
Video examples
Elsie the Stuffed Moose...
who was doing Rambo you know somersaults down the ditch trying to stalk the moose it was funniest thing you've ever seen he was legal at that point to shoot but we hurried up and said hey don't shoot her animal the goal is to catch violators not just have random people
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 280 PIPE...
beautiful that is three rollers today if I manage to get you a broad bull roller well I'll do a backwards somersault on the spot how's that I will and we'll try helps right ah giraffe girl now when you talk about the top of the list that means of birds that I
Video examples
The astounding athletic...
novel machine architectures or to design clever algorithms that gracefully handle damage, just like human athletes do, instead of building machines with redundancy. We can't help but hold our breath when we watch a diver somersaulting into the water,
Video examples
Surviving Prison in...
You know, my mind just still going round and round and doing somersaults. I remember thinking I'd come to Thailand, you know, start a new life, build the relationship back up with my dad. And here I was.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
nostril I can't help it you say they were in a honey badger and I'm doing backward somersaults in my seats even
Video examples
Parasite Plague PIPE Big...
but somersaulting into a pouch is never a simple procedure
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Quote examples
Arca
Venezuelan Musician
The only thing that mattered to me with 'Xen' was setting things up against each other in an uncomfortable way. If there's a really soft piece of music, and then you're hit by a painful explosive sound, your brain does this funny somersault trying to make sense of why this happened. And at that very moment, your brain is malleable.
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Juan Gabriel
Mexican Musician
I'm a person who, when I set out to write, I write. It's just like when you set out to eat, you eat, or when you set out to sleep, you sleep. I don't do somersaults to write something. I just do it.
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Kate Nash
English Musician
I never thought I could do certain things like somersaults and jumping off the ropes and flips. When you actually learn to do it, you're really amazed with what your body can do.
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Donald O'Connor
Musician
They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice.
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Nick Hornby
English Writer
The most important thing for me is realism. I don't like writing which does somersaults on the page, and I'm no great fan of the hard work literary novel.
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Stephen Fry
British Comedian
When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
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Donald O'Connor
Musician
Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days.
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apl.de.ap
Filipino Musician
I can do somersaults and back flips.
Quote examples
Arca
Venezuelan Musician
The only thing that mattered to me with 'Xen' was setting things up against each other in an uncomfortable way. If there's a really soft piece of music, and then you're hit by a painful explosive sound, your brain does this funny somersault trying to make sense of why this happened. And at that very moment, your brain is malleable.
Quote examples
Juan Gabriel
Mexican Musician
I'm a person who, when I set out to write, I write. It's just like when you set out to eat, you eat, or when you set out to sleep, you sleep. I don't do somersaults to write something. I just do it.
Quote examples
Kate Nash
English Musician
I never thought I could do certain things like somersaults and jumping off the ropes and flips. When you actually learn to do it, you're really amazed with what your body can do.
Quote examples
Donald O'Connor
Musician
They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice.
Quote examples
Nick Hornby
English Writer
The most important thing for me is realism. I don't like writing which does somersaults on the page, and I'm no great fan of the hard work literary novel.
Quote examples
Stephen Fry
British Comedian
When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
Quote examples
Donald O'Connor
Musician
Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days.
Quote examples
apl.de.ap
Filipino Musician
I can do somersaults and back flips.
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