cartwheel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɑːtˌwiːl/ (UK)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈkɑɹtˌwil/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English cartwheel From cart + wheel.
Meanings
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The wheel of a cart.
Near-synonyms: wagon wheel, artillery wheel
- A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.
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(UK, historical, obsolete, slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.
1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words:
- (US, historical, obsolete, slang) A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cartwheels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cartwheel hat · cartwheeler · splitwheel
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Translations (36)
de Wagenrad (wheel of a cart) · sv vagnshjul (wheel of a cart) · wa rowe di tcherete (wheel of a cart) · is handahlaup (gymnastic maneuver) · nb kjerrehjul (wheel of a cart) · pl gwiazda (gymnastic maneuver) · es rueda del carro (wheel of a cart) · fr roue (gymnastic maneuver) · nl radslag (gymnastic maneuver) · cs hvězda (gymnastic maneuver) · sv hjulning (gymnastic maneuver) · ca roda (gymnastic maneuver) · ru колесо́ (wheel of a cart) · nl wagenwiel (wheel of a cart) · nn kjerrehjul (wheel of a cart) · fi kärrynpyörä (wheel of a cart) · pt aú (gymnastic maneuver) · mk ѕвезда (gymnastic maneuver) · bg циганско колело (gymnastic maneuver) · pt estrela (gymnastic maneuver) · fi kärrynpyörä (gymnastic maneuver) · pt roda (gymnastic maneuver) · gl roda (wheel of a cart) · et hundiratas (gymnastic maneuver) · ru колесо́ (gymnastic maneuver) · et vankriratas (wheel of a cart) · de Rad (gymnastic maneuver) · pl koło wozu (wheel of a cart) · da vejrmølle (gymnastic maneuver) · gl roda de carro (wheel of a cart) · da vognhjul (wheel of a cart) · ru колесо́ (silver dollar) · pl jednodolarówka (silver dollar) · pt estrelinha (gymnastic maneuver) · hu cigánykerék (gymnastic maneuver) · es voltereta lateral (gymnastic maneuver)