SOMERSAULT
NOUNS
1829 — SOMERSET — SUMMERSET a somersault → Amer. dial.
1842 — SPIN a head-over-heels movement, a somersault
1867 — POPPINODDLES a boyish term for a somersault → Eng. dial.
1877 — TECKTAIL — TEETAIL — TEGTAIL — TICKTAIL a somersault → Eng. dial.
1899 — HEADY-CRAW a somersault → Sc.
1905 — TIPPLE-TAIL-OVER a somersault → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1926 — WAGON WHEEL a cartwheel, handspring or somersault → Amer. dial.
1898 — CATTERSPAN a somersault → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1943 — KEELY-OVER a somersault → Amer. dial.
1965 — JACKKNIFE — JACKKNIFE JUMP a handspring → Amer. dial.
1966 — HAND LEAP a somersault → Amer. dial.
1966 — HANDBOW a somersault → Amer. dial.
1968 — BATSELBOOM a somersault → Amer. dial.
1968 — BUGGY WHIP a cartwheel → Amer. dial.
1968 — HAIRSPRING a childhood somersault — you jump forward, land on your hands, and turn over → Amer. dial.
1968 — HAND TURN a handspring; a somersault → Amer. dial.
1969 — HANDSAULT a handspring, a somersault → Amer. dial.
1969 — HANDSPAN a handspring, a somersault → Amer. dial.
1969 — MONKEYSPRING a handspring, a somersault → Amer. dial.
1970 — END-OVER-END a tumble, a somersault → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1968 — BEND THE CRAB to do a somersault → Amer. dial.
1840 — DO A CATHARINE WHEEL to execute a series of lateral somersaults
1910 — KEEL A SOMERSET to turn a somersault → Amer. dial.
1910 — KEEL OVER to turn a somersault → Amer. dial.
1866 — TIPPLE to upset, to overturn; to turn a somersault → Eng. dial.
1892 — CHUCK HANDSPRINGS vb. to turn somersaults → sl. (Bk.)
1910 — COPE-CURLEY to stand on the head and throw the heels over; to turn head over heels → Ireland (Bk.)
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