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noun

cartwheel n.

The type of wheel used on a cart; it typically has wooden spokes and a metal rim.

An acrobatic maneuver in which the arms and legs are outstretched like the spokes of a wheel, and the body is turned sideways through one or more revolutions, by first touching the hands and then the feet to the ground, in rapid succession so as to mimic the rolling of a wheel; in the course of this feat, the person performing it is alternately upright and upside-down.

A silver dollar; a dollar made of silver. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Cartwheel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cartwheel" Quotes from Famous Books

... answer. He was gulping furiously to keep back the tears of delight. But he smiled his radiant smile. Billy took everybody's attention away from him by turning an unexpected cartwheel in the middle ...

— Maida's Little Shop • Inez Haynes Irwin

... a little cry she snatched at it and caught the strap on top. That pulled from the fastening, the cover unrolled, the box fell away as far as it could, two porcelain lids rattled on the floor, and the one sandwich rolled like a cartwheel across the room. Elnora lifted a ghastly face. For once no one laughed. ...

— A Girl Of The Limberlost • Gene Stratton Porter

Words linked to "Cartwheel" : radius, wagon tire, wheel around, acrobatic feat, dollar, cart, silver dollar, acrobatic stunt, wheel spoke