SUMMERSET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does summerset mean? 

• SUMMERSET (noun)
  The noun SUMMERSET has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SUMMERSET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUMMERSET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

flip; somersault; somersaulting; somerset; summersault; summerset

Hypernyms ("summerset" is a kind of...):

tumble (an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "summerset"):

flip-flop (a backward somersault)

 Context examples 

I have seen him do the summerset several times together, upon a trencher fixed on a rope which is no thicker than a common packthread in England.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)