- present tense form of somersault (3rd person singular).
- plural of somersault.
somersaults
Example Sentences
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It also completed 10 somersaults in only 11 seconds while remaining within about 4 or 5 centimeters of its planned flight path.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
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
Adopting the moniker of Prince, the fleet-footed fighter entertained the masses with his leopard-print shorts and somersaults into the boxing ring.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 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
My old heart started turning somersaults; and something that felt like a thousand-legged centipede jiggled its way up my spine.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
