"cartwheel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑːtˌwiːl/ [UK], /ˈkɑɹtˌwil/ [US] Audio: En-au-cartwheel.ogg Forms: cartwheels [plural]
Etymology: From cart + wheel. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cart|wheel}} cart + wheel Head templates: {{en-noun}} cartwheel (plural cartwheels)
  1. The wheel of a cart. Translations (wheel of a cart): vognhjul [neuter] (Danish), wagenwiel [neuter] (Dutch), vankriratas (Estonian), kärrynpyörä (Finnish), roda [feminine] (Galician), roda de carro [masculine] (Galician), Wagenrad [neuter] (German), kjerrehjul [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kjerrehjul [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), колесо́ (kolesó) [neuter] (Russian), rueda del carro [feminine] (Spanish), vagnshjul [neuter] (Swedish), rowe di tcherete [feminine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-cartwheel-en-noun--FOUuqMl Disambiguation of 'wheel of a cart': 100 0 0 0
  2. A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions. Translations (gymnastic maneuver): циганско колело (cigansko kolelo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), roda [feminine] (Catalan), hvězda [feminine] (Czech), vejrmølle [common-gender] (Danish), radslag [masculine] (Dutch), hundiratas (Estonian), kärrynpyörä (Finnish), roue [feminine] (French), Rad [neuter] (German), cigánykerék (Hungarian), handahlaup [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), ѕвезда (dzvezda) [feminine] (Macedonian), gwiazda [feminine] (Polish), estrelinha (Portuguese), estrela (Portuguese), (Portuguese), roda (Portuguese), колесо́ (kolesó) [neuter] (Russian), voltereta lateral [feminine] (Spanish), hjulning [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. (UK, historical, obsolete slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings. Tags: UK, historical, obsolete, slang
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  4. (US, historical, obsolete slang) A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979. Tags: US, historical, obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Capoeira, Coins Translations (silver dollar): колесо́ (kolesó) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cartwheel-en-noun-3wz47WyP Disambiguation of Capoeira: 4 18 9 42 26 1 Disambiguation of Coins: 1 14 27 51 4 3 Categories (other): American English, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 2 32 24 26 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 2 31 24 29 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 2 28 19 38 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 2 33 24 27 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 31 25 27 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 3 31 25 27 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 2 32 23 28 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 2 31 24 29 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 2 33 24 27 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 3 29 25 28 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 29 24 25 11 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 33 24 28 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 2 31 24 29 8 6 Disambiguation of 'silver dollar': 0 4 6 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cartwheeler, cartwheel hat, splitwheel

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɑːtˌwiːl/ [UK], /ˈkɑɹtˌwil/ [US] Audio: En-au-cartwheel.ogg Forms: cartwheels [present, singular, third-person], cartwheeling [participle, present], cartwheeled [participle, past], cartwheeled [past]
Etymology: From cart + wheel. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cart|wheel}} cart + wheel Head templates: {{en-verb}} cartwheel (third-person singular simple present cartwheels, present participle cartwheeling, simple past and past participle cartwheeled)
  1. To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel. Categories (topical): Gymnastics Translations (perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel): Rad schlagen (German), fazer a roda (Portuguese), hjula (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cartwheel-en-verb-MsTG8FYx Disambiguation of Gymnastics: 2 25 5 26 42 0 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 2 32 24 26 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 29 24 25 11 8 Disambiguation of 'perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel': 99 1
  2. To flip end over end: normally said of a crashing vehicle or aircraft.
    Sense id: en-cartwheel-en-verb-uiGONaRG

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "cigansko kolelo",
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          "word": "cigánykerék"
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          "ref": "1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words:",
          "text": "Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.",
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      "audio": "En-au-cartwheel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/20/En-au-cartwheel.ogg/En-au-cartwheel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/En-au-cartwheel.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel",
      "word": "Rad schlagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel",
      "word": "fazer a roda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel",
      "word": "hjula"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cartwheel"
}

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