Definition of Somersaults

1. Noun. (plural of somersault) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of somersault) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Somersaults

1. somersault [v] - See also: somersault

Lexicographical Neighbors of Somersaults

somegate
somehow
somen
someone
someone's
someones
somepin
someplace
someplaces
somepody
somepoty
somer
somersault
somersaulted
somersaulting
somersaults
somerseted
somerseting
somersets
somersetted
somersetting
somesthesia
somesthesis
somesthetic
somesthetic area
somesthetic system
somesthetically
somesthetics
somesuch
somethin'

Literary usage of Somersaults

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Art of Swimming: A Practical Working Manual, Graphically Illustrated by Richard Francis Nelligan (1906)
"Back Somersaults. After swimming a few strokes on the back, the knees should be drawn up as in the front somersaults, while the head is thrown well back. ..."

2. Careers of Danger and Daring by Cleveland Moffett, Jay Hambidge, George Varian (1901)
"II ABOUT DOUBLE AND TRIPLE Somersaults AND THE DANGER OF LOSING HEART IN talking with my circus friends I was surprised to learn that a trapeze performer in ..."

3. The National Zoological Park: A Popular Account of Its Collections by Ned Hollister (1919)
"... an appreciative audience, he is bubbling over with the joy of life and spins round and round on his back and shoulders or turns somersaults repeatedly. ..."

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