1. Acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel
   "Children often practice cartwheels on the lawn"
    
2. A wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim
   "The old wagon's cartwheels creaked as it rolled down the dirt road"
    
3. A dollar made of silver
   "He spun the cartwheel across the table";
   - silver dollar

1. Do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet
   "The gymnast cartwheeled across the mat"

Derived forms: cartwheeled, cartwheeling, cartwheels

Type of: acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt, dollar, wheel, wheel around

Part of: cart

Encyclopedia: Cartwheel