Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cartwheel

3 senses of cartwheel

Sense 1
cartwheel -- (a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim)
       => 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))

Sense 2
cartwheel -- (acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel)
       => acrobatic stunt, acrobatic feat -- (a stunt performed by an acrobat)

Sense 3
silver dollar, cartwheel -- (a dollar made of silver)
       => dollar -- (a United States coin worth one dollar; "the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cartwheel

1 sense of cartwheel

Sense 1
cartwheel -- (do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet)
       => wheel, wheel around -- (change directions as if revolving on a pivot; "They wheeled their horses around and left")