CARTWHEEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cartwheel mean? 

• CARTWHEEL (noun)
  The noun CARTWHEEL has 3 senses:

1. a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim

2. acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel

3. a dollar made of silver

  Familiarity information: CARTWHEEL used as a noun is uncommon.

• CARTWHEEL (verb)
  The verb CARTWHEEL has 1 sense:

1. do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet

  Familiarity information: CARTWHEEL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARTWHEEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cartwheel" is a kind of...):

wheel (a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines))

Meronyms (parts of "cartwheel"):

radius; spoke; wheel spoke (support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim)

wagon tire (a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel)

Holonyms ("cartwheel" is a part of...):

cart (a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cartwheel" is a kind of...):

acrobatic feat; acrobatic stunt (a stunt performed by an acrobat)

Derivation:

cartwheel (do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A dollar made of silver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

cartwheel; silver dollar

Hypernyms ("cartwheel" is a kind of...):

dollar (a United States coin worth one dollar)

• CARTWHEEL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they cartwheel    ... he / she / it cartwheels   
Past simple: cartwheeled   
Past participle: cartwheeled   
-ing form: cartwheeling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "cartwheel" is one way to...):

wheel; wheel around (change directions as if revolving on a pivot)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

cartwheel (acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel)