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doing cartwheels

doing cartwheels is the present participle and gerund of do cartwheels.

Meaning of do cartwheels

Verb

do cartwheels (third-person singular simple present does cartwheels, present participle doing cartwheels, simple past did cartwheels, past participle done cartwheels)

  1. To perform cartwheels
  2. (idiomatic) To be extremely happy

Questions about doing cartwheels

What is doing cartwheels the present participle and gerund of?
Doing cartwheels is the present participle and gerund of do cartwheels.

Words near doing cartwheels in the dictionary

  1. doing bits
  2. doing business
  3. doing by
  4. doing by half-measures
  5. doing by halves
  6. doing cartwheels
  7. doing cheetah flips
  8. doing credit
  9. doing down
  10. doing drugs
  11. doing exactly what it says on the tin

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