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Cartwheel   /kˈɑrtwˌil/   Listen
Cartwheel

verb
1.
Do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet.





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"Cartwheel" Quotes from Famous Books



... that rose and fell like waves of the sea, lay Los Robles and breakfast. One solitary silver dollar, too lonesome even to jingle, lay in his flatulent trouser pocket. After he and Four Bits had eaten, two quarters would take the place of the big cartwheel. Then would come dinner, a second transfer of capital, and his pocket would be empty as a cow's ...
— Steve Yeager • William MacLeod Raine
... language of the Old | Testament and ours; therefore, exact | translations are sometimes impossible. | The following quote (Isaiah 28,27) may | illustrate the difficulties of | translation: | | 'QETSACH is not threshed with a | sledge, nor is a cartwheel rolled over | KAMMON; QETSACH is beaten out with a | rod, and KAMMON with a stick.' | | Because of the dialectic structure, we | may infer that the two plants are | similar, but differ in details of | their harvest. The term KAMMON | obviously is related to Greek ...
— Valerius Terminus: of the Interpretation of Nature • Sir Francis Bacon


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


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