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| cartwheel |
a sideways somersault with the arms and legs held out straight like the spokes of a wheel. [1/2 definitions] |
| flip1 |
to do a somersault in the air. [2/6 definitions] |
| flip-flop |
a backward somersault or handspring. [2/7 definitions] |
| gainer |
a dive in which the diver faces out from the board and does a half or full backward somersault into the water. [1/2 definitions] |
| half gainer |
a dive in which the diver, facing forward, executes half of a backward somersault, thus entering the water headfirst and facing the diving board. |
| handspring |
a complete somersault in which a person flips onto the hands and then springs off the hands back to a standing position. |
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