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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return;
[syn: somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting, flip]


VERB (1)

1. do a somersault;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Somersault \Som"er*sault\, Somerset \Som"er*set\, n. [F. soubresaut a jump, leap, OF. soubresault, It. soprassalto an overleap, fr. L. supra over + saltus a leap, fr. salire to leap; or the French may be from Sp. sobresalto a sudden asault, a surprise. See Supra, and Salient.] A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end. [Written also summersault, sommerset, summerset, etc.] "The vaulter's sombersalts." --Donne. [1913 Webster] Now I'll only Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

somersault n 1: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting, flip] v 1: do a somersault
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "somersault": be lost, capsizal, capsize, culbute, founder, go down, keel, keel over, overset, overthrow, overturn, pitchpole, revolution, scuttle, sink, somerset, spill, subversion, turn over, turn turtle, turnover, upset, upset the boat, upturn