cartwheeler

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noun

One who performs a cartwheel (gymnastic spinning manoeuvre).

OriginEnglish cartwheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol →
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Meanings

nouncartwheeler (plural cartwheelers)

plural cartwheelers

  1. One who performs a cartwheel (gymnastic spinning manoeuvre).

Origin

  1. Old Norsekartr
  2. Proto-Germanic*kradô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*krat
  4. Old Englishcræt
  5. Middle Englishcart
  6. Englishcart
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  9. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  10. Old Englishhwēol
  11. Middle Englishwhel
  12. Englishwheel
  13. Englishcartwheel
  14. Englishcartwheeler

From cartwheel + -er.

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APA

cartwheeler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartwheeler

MLA

“cartwheeler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartwheeler. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cartwheeler,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartwheeler.

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