different between somersault vs handspring

somersault

English

Alternative forms

  • somerset
  • summersault

Etymology

From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old Occitan sobresalt, from sobre- (over, above) + salt (jump). Cognate with Spanish sobresaltar (to spook, startle) and Portuguese sobressaltar (to spook, scare, jump over).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?s?m?(?)?s?lt/ IPA(key): /?s?m?(?)?s??lt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?s?m?(?)?s?lt/

Noun

somersault (plural somersaults)

  1. Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degree while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet going over one's head.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

somersault (third-person singular simple present somersaults, present participle somersaulting, simple past and past participle somersaulted)

  1. To perform a somersault.
    The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.

Translations

See also

  • flip

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handspring

English

Alternative forms

  • hand-spring

Etymology

hand +? spring

Noun

handspring (plural handsprings)

  1. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.

Derived terms

  • back handspring
  • front handspring
  • rising handspring

Translations

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