cartwheel

[ kahrt-hweel, -weel ]

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noun

the wheel of a cart.
an acrobatic feat in which a person starts from a standing position, with arms extended, and wheels the body sideways, landing first on the hands and then on the feet and usually repeating this in a series.
Slang. any large coin, especially a U.S. silver dollar.
Slang. an amphetamine tablet.

to roll forward end over end:
The skier took a sudden spill and cartwheeled down the slope.

cartwheel

/ ˈkɑːtˌwiːl /

the wheel of a cart, usually having wooden spokes and metal tyres
an acrobatic movement in which the body makes a sideways revolution supported on the hands with arms and legs outstretched
slang.
a large coin, esp the silver dollar

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Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; cart, wheel

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Three weeks after the first batch of images, NASA unveiled the breathtaking image of the Cartwheel galaxy.

The JWST image also identifies a contrast in textures between the core and the extremities of the Cartwheel Galaxy.

The Cartwheel Galaxy, so called because of its bright inner ring and colorful outer ring, lies about 500 million light-years from Earth.

They roll, cartwheel or backflip and then plummet to the ground.

They roll, cartwheel or backflip and then plummet to the ground, often belly flopping or crash-landing on their backs.

Witnesses have portrayed her as a strange cartwheel performer with bad hygiene.

Behind the table was a smooth and perfectly round hole in the wall about the size of a cartwheel.

Here has been Cartwheel, your sweetheart; what will become of him?

Billy took everybodys attention away from him by turning an unexpected cartwheel in the middle of the floor.

They had been dredged up in the Isar's mud, found at a corner, dragged from under a cartwheel.

"There's your dollar," said the Idiot, tossing a silver cartwheel across the table.

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