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ALL meanings of cartwheel

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  • countable noun cartwheel If you do a cartwheel, you do a fast, circular movement with your body. You fall sideways, put your hands on the ground, swing your legs over, and return to a standing position. 3
  • verb cartwheel If a person or something such as a vehicle cartwheels down or across something in an uncontrollable way, they turn over and over. 3
  • noun cartwheel the wheel of a cart, usually having wooden spokes and metal tyres 3
  • noun cartwheel an acrobatic movement in which the body makes a sideways revolution supported on the hands with arms and legs outstretched 3
  • noun cartwheel a large coin, esp the silver dollar 3
  • noun cartwheel a kind of handspring performed sideways, with the arms and legs extended: often an optional exercise in gymnastic competition 3
  • noun cartwheel a large coin, esp. a silver dollar 3
  • intransitive verb cartwheel to perform cartwheels 3
  • noun cartwheel the wheel of a cart. 1
  • noun cartwheel an acrobatic feat in which a person starts from a standing position, with arms extended, and wheels the body sideways, landing first on the hands and then on the feet and usually repeating this in a series. 1
  • noun cartwheel Slang. any large coin, especially a U.S. silver dollar. 1
  • noun cartwheel sideways gymnastic move 1
  • noun cartwheel Slang. an amphetamine tablet. 1
  • noun cartwheel wheel of a cart 1
  • verb without object cartwheel to roll forward end over end: The skier took a sudden spill and cartwheeled down the slope. 1
  • intransitive verb cartwheel roll over and over 1
  • noun cartwheel The literal wheel of a cart. 0
  • noun cartwheel 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. 0
  • noun cartwheel (Britain, historical, obsolete slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings. 0
  • noun cartwheel (US, historical, obsolete slang) A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979. 0
  • verb cartwheel To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel. 0
  • verb cartwheel To flip end over end: normally said of a crashing vehicle or aircraft. 0
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