'cartwheel' definitions:
Definition of 'cartwheel'
(from WordNet)
noun
A wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim
noun
Acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel
noun
A dollar made of silver [syn: silver dollar, cartwheel]
verb
Do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet
Definition of 'cartwheel'
From: GCIDE
- cartwheel \cartwheel\ v. i. 1 to perform a cartwheel[2].
- Syn: do cartwheels. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'cartwheel'
From: GCIDE
- cartwheel \cartwheel\ n.
- 1. the type of wheel used on a cart; it typically has wooden spokes and a metal rim. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. 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. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 3. a silver dollar; a dollar made of silver. [Colloq.] [WordNet 1.5]