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cartwheel
(cart|wheel)
Pronunciation:
/ˈkɑːtwiːl/
noun
1
the wheel of a cart.
2
a circular sideways handspring with the arms and legs extended:
he
turned a cartwheel
on the table
verb
[
no object, with adverbial of direction
]
perform a cartwheel or cartwheels:
he cartwheeled across the room
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