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Cartwheel   Listen
noun
cartwheel  n.  
1.
The type of wheel used on a cart; it typically has wooden spokes and a metal rim.
2.
An acrobatic maneuver in which the arms and legs are outstretched like the spokes of a wheel, and the body is turned sideways through one or more revolutions, by first touching the hands and then the feet to the ground, in rapid succession so as to mimic the rolling of a wheel; in the course of this feat, the person performing it is alternately upright and upside-down.
3.
A silver dollar; a dollar made of silver. (Colloq.)






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"Cartwheel" Quotes from Famous Books



... on the cars and then a little walk, and get her to a cleaner, better room, where she'd be taken care of, and in an hour you'd be back with enough nickels in your pocket to make a great, big, round, shining, full-moon cartwheel. Dearest lady, doesn't the ...
— Michael O'Halloran • Gene Stratton-Porter



Words linked to "Cartwheel" :   acrobatic stunt, silver dollar, dollar, wheel around, radius, cart, wheel spoke, spoke, acrobatic feat



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