summersault

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A form of somersault — Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounsummersault (plural summersaults)

plural summersaults

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of somersault.
verbsummersault (third-person singular simple present summersaults, present participle summersaulting, simple past and past participle summersaulted)

present singular third person summersaults · participle present summersaulting · participle past summersaulted · past summersaulted

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of somersault.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

summersault. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summersault

MLA

“summersault.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summersault. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “summersault,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summersault.

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