somersault(n = noun.act) flip, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset - an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return;
is a kind of tumble
has particulars: flip-flop
Derived form verb somersault₁

   somersault(v = verb.motion) - do a somersault;
is one way to roll over
Derived forms noun somersault₁, noun somersaulting₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

   A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end. Donne. [1913 Webster]
"Now I'll only
Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset." [1913 Webster]

somersault, n. & v. (also summersault)
--n. an acrobatic movement in which a person turns head over heels in the air or on the ground and lands on the feet.
--v.intr. perform a somersault.

Etymology:
OF sombresault alt. f. sobresault ult. f. L supra above + saltus leap f. salire to leap

N  inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion, contraposition, contrariety, reversal, turn of the tide, overturn, somersault, somerset, summerset, culbute, revulsion, pirouette, transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hysteron proteron, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis, metathesis, palindrome, pronation and supination, inverted, wrong side out, wrong side up, inside out, upside down, bottom upwards, keel upwards, supine, on one's head, topsy-turvy, sens dessus dessous, inverse, reverse, opposite, top heavy, inversely, hirdy-girdy, heels over head, head over heels.