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Cartwheel   /kˈɑrtwˌil/   Listen
Cartwheel

noun
1.
A wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim.
2.
Acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel.
3.
A dollar made of silver.  Synonym: silver dollar.





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"Cartwheel" Quotes from Famous Books



... uttered by this peasant are uniformly round and firm—they roll forward as a cartwheel trundles along a ...
— Through Russia • Maxim Gorky
... back, I'll tell you!" exclaimed Nick; and at the same instant he darted a step forward and seized the man by the throat-and-hip hold of ju-jutsu, and the next instant had sent him whirling through the air as if he were a cartwheel. ...
— A Woman at Bay - A Fiend in Skirts • Nicholas Carter
... is the most difficult of all the types to master—that is, it most certainly requires a degree of strength that the other dances do not demand; sufficient strength in the arms to support the weight of the body in the hand-stand and the cartwheel, flexibility of the muscles in order to do the "limbers" and back-bends. All of the acrobatic tricks—hand-stands, cartwheels, splits, roll-overs, back-bends, front-overs, inside-outs, nip-ups, "butterflies," flip-flops, Boranis, somersaults, etc., are very difficult and require ...
— The Art of Stage Dancing - The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession • Ned Wayburn


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


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