cartwheel

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkɑːtˌwiːl/

Noun

UK historical obsolete slang US

The literal wheel of a cart. / 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.

Japanese Meaning

荷車の車輪、つまり荷車を動かすための車輪。 / 体操競技における技の一つ。腕と脚を伸ばしたまま横方向に回転する技。また「カートホイール」とも呼ばれる。

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The old cartwheel lay cracked by the barn, its iron rim half buried in the mud.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

古い荷車の車輪は納屋のそばでひび割れており、鉄の縁が半分泥に埋まっていた。

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The literal wheel of a cart.

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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.

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(US, historical, obsolete slang) A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979.

cartwheels

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