cartwheeled
Rotated on hands
Cartwheeled is the past tense of cartwheel—to perform a sideways flip with arms and legs extended like wheel spokes, hands touching the ground in sequence.
The word extends to any similar spinning motion: The car cartwheeled off the embankment.
Figuratively, things that swing wildly may cartwheel: Stock prices cartwheeled through the session.
Acrobatic rolling and flipping
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
- flipQuick turning motion
- handstandInverted balance on palms
- roundoffNumerical simplification technique
aerial · backflip · vault · dismount · routine · sideways · rotation · momentum
Fell in disarray
- spunRotated rapidly
- careenedMoved swiftly and unsteadily
- whirledRotated with speed
- plummetedFell straight down fast
cascaded · spiraled · plunged · lurched · reeled · pitched · veered · hurtled
tumbling
Acrobatic rolling and flipping
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
- flipQuick turning motion
- handstandInverted balance on palms
roundoff · aerial · backflip · vault · dismount · routine · sideways · rotation · momentum · landing
tumbled
Fell in disarray
plummeted · cascaded · spiraled · plunged · lurched · reeled · pitched · veered · hurtled · somersaulted
frolicsome
Inclined to merriment
- rompingPlaying with energetic movement
- cavortingMoving playfully, energetically
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
whimsy · exuberant · gleeful · carefree · spontaneous · childlike · lighthearted · merry · joyful · spirited
spinning
Revolving around an axis
tumbling · flipping · pivoting · twirling · revolving · swinging · arcing · spiraling · circling · pinwheeling
cartwheeledstood still
Ceased all movement
stayed put · froze · halted · stopped · sat still
- do cartwheelsLateral rotational gymnastics move
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