somersaulting

som·er·sault

also sum·mer·sault (sŭm′ər-sôlt′)n.1. An acrobatic stunt in which the body rolls forward or backward in a complete revolution with the knees bent and the feet coming over the head. Also called somerset; also called regionally tumbleset.2. A complete reversal, as of sympathies or opinions.intr.v. som·er·sault·ed, som·er·sault·ing, som·er·saults also sum·mer·sault·ed or sum·mer·sault·ing or sum·mer·saults To execute a somersault.

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[Obsolete French sombresault, variant of sobresault, from Old Provençal sobresaut : sobre-, above (from Latin suprā; see uper in Indo-European roots) + saut, leap (from Latin saltus, from past participle of salīre, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots).]

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somersaulting - an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and returnflip, somersault, summersault, summerset, somersettumble - an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over endflip-flop - a backward somersault