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somersaults

somersaults is the plural of somersault.

somersaults is the third-person singular simple present indicative of somersault.

Meaning of somersault

Noun

somersault (plural somersaults)

  1. 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.
    • Near-synonym: backflip
    Synonyms:
    salto, summy, backflip

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Questions about somersaults

What is somersaults the plural of?
Somersaults is the plural of somersault.

Words near somersaults in the dictionary

  1. somersaulted
  2. somersaulter
  3. somersaulters
  4. somersaulting
  5. somersaultings
  6. somersaults
  7. Somersby
  8. somerset
  9. Somerset County
  10. Somerset Island
  11. Somerset West and Taunton

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