3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Somersault \Som"er*sault\, Somerset \Som"er*set\, n. [F. soubresaut a jump, leap, OF. soubresault, It. soprassalto an overleap, fr. L. supra over + saltus a leap, fr. salire to leap; or the French may be from Sp. sobresalto a sudden asault, a surprise. See {Supra}, and Salient.] A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end. [Written also {summersault}, {sommerset}, {summerset}, etc.] "The vaulter's sombersalts." --Donne. [1913 Webster] Now I'll only Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: somersault n : an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return [syn: {somersaulting}, {flip}] v : do a somersault From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 24 Moby Thesaurus words for "somersault": be lost, capsizal, capsize, culbute, founder, go down, keel, keel over, overset, overthrow, overturn, pitchpole, revolution, scuttle, sink, somerset, spill, subversion, turn over, turn turtle, turnover, upset, upset the boat, upturn
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