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Noun: summersault  'sú-mu(r),solt [N. Amer], 'sú-mu(r),sólt or 'sú-mu(r),solt [Brit]
Usage: archaic (=somersault)
  1. An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
    "The children practised summersaults on the soft grass";
    - somersault, somerset [dialect], somersaulting, flip
Verb: summersault  'sú-mu(r),solt [N. Amer], 'sú-mu(r),sólt or 'sú-mu(r),solt [Brit]
Usage: archaic (=somersault)
  1. Do a somersault
    "Children often summersault on the grass";
    - somersault

Derived forms: summersaulted, summersaulting, summersaults

Type of: roll over, tumble