cartwheels
Lateral rotation maneuvers
Cartwheels are acrobatic movements where the body rotates sideways with arms and legs extended like wheel spokes, hands and feet touching the ground in sequence.
Children do cartwheels on lawns; gymnasts perform them in routines.
Figuratively, to do cartwheels is to express exuberant joy: When she got the acceptance letter, her heart did cartwheels.
Acrobatic rolling and flipping
- handstandInverted balance on palms
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
- backflipRearward aerial tumble
- vaultSecure storage chamber
floor · routine · roundoff · aerial · flexibility · balance · dismount · tuck
Lighthearted playful movement
- rompPlayful, spirited activity
- gambolPlayful leaping about
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
- exuberanceLively, unrestrained enthusiasm
glee · merriment · whimsy · fun · spontaneity · joy · lively · carefree
tumbling
Acrobatic rolling and flipping
- handstandInverted balance on palms
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
- backflipRearward aerial tumble
vault · floor · routine · roundoff · aerial · flexibility · balance · dismount · tuck · pike
frolic
Lighthearted playful movement
exuberance · glee · merriment · whimsy · fun · spontaneity · joy · lively · carefree · jubilation
acrobat
Agile circus performer
- performerOne who entertains audiences
- stuntDangerous feat for spectacle
- trapezeSuspended acrobatic bar
contortion · capoeira · parkour · choreography · leotard · spectacle · ring · clown · troupe · act
spinning
Revolving around an axis
- vertigoSensation of spinning
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
whirling · unsteady · woozy · giddiness · reeling · stumble · stagger · queasy
- circus acrobaticsacrobats, trapeze, trapeze artists, flying trapeze, tightrope
- dance & gymnasticsrhythmic gymnastics, aerobic dance, aerobics, jazz dance, ballet
- circus skillstrapeze, acrobatics, tightrope, contortion, juggling
- gymnasticsgymnastics, balance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars
- floor exercisesplank, planks, crunches, push-ups, sit-ups
- joyful movementsdancing, skipping, jumping, leaping, twirling
cartwheelsforward rolls
Tucked rotations over one's head
somersaults · backflips · tumbles · handstands · standing still
cartwheelsstanding still
Absence of motion
stillness · immobility · motionlessness · sitting · lying down
cartwheelsslumping
Declining sharply, drooping
moping · trudging · cowering · curling up · dragging one's feet
- do cartwheelsLateral rotational gymnastics move
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