cartwheel

noun
/ˈkɑːtˌwiːl/UK/ˈkɑɹtˌwil/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English cartwheel From cart + wheel.

  1. derived from kartrbor

Definitions

  1. The wheel of a cart.

    • Near-synonyms: wagon wheel, artillery wheel
  2. A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping…

    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.

  3. A crown coin

    A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.

    • Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.
  4. + 3 more definitions
    1. A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979.

    2. To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel.

    3. To flip end over end

      To flip end over end: normally said of a crashing vehicle or aircraft.

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA