CARTWHEEL


Meaning of CARTWHEEL in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: Middle English, from cart (I) + wheel

1. : the wheel of a cart

2. : a large coin: as

a. : a silver dollar

b. : crown 8a

c. : one of the penny and twopenny copper coins issued in England in 1797

3.

a. : a rolling or spinning motion suggesting that of a turning wheel ; specifically : a lateral handspring with arms and legs extended

they stood on their heads and turned cartwheels down the garden path — Evelyn R. Sickels

b. : a figure performed in baton twirling in which the baton describes a circle alternately on each side of the body

4. : a shallowcrowned hat with a wide stiff brim

II. intransitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

: to move like a turning wheel ; specifically : to turn cartwheels

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