Somersault vs. Summersault — What's the Difference?

A somersault (also flip, heli, and in gymnastics salto) is an acrobatic exercise in which a person's body rotates 360° around a horizontal axis with the feet passing over the head. A somersault can be performed forwards, backwards or sideways and can be executed in the air or on the ground.

Variant of somersault.

An acrobatic stunt in which the body rolls forward or backward in a complete revolution with the knees bent and the feet coming over the head. Also called somerset; also called regionally tumbleset.

Archaic spelling of somersault

A complete reversal, as of sympathies or opinions.

Archaic spelling of somersault

To execute a somersault.

See Somersault, Somerset.

Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degree while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.

To perform a somersault.

A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.

An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

Do a somersault