- plural of somersault.
- present tense form of somersault (3rd person singular).
somersaults
Example Sentences
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From shoulder shimmies and frat flicks to somersaults and knee slides, the Flemings and Schifferles left it all on the dance floor to prove the prowess of their family name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
If you could have seen inner Mark when he didn't reach the pink, he was doing somersaults and then I potted a good yellow.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
But the late justice, buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Frewsburg, N.Y., is doubtless turning somersaults in his grave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025
Stone knits puppets and vaudeville acts, songs and somersaults, as well as melds two groups of people who might not have shared a lunch table in high school — the jocks and the theater geeks.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024
In the daytime we went to the pool or to the movies or to the park to turn somersaults and roll on the grass.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
