🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

옆으로 구르기

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yeob-euro gurugi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cartwheel/ˈkɑːrt.wiːl/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"아이들이 공원에서 옆으로 구르기를 했어요."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A sideways handspring in which the body makes a complete revolution, landing on the feet.

    "The children practiced their cartwheels in the park."
As verb
  1. 1

    To perform a cartwheel.

    "She cartwheeled across the grass during the picnic."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'cartwheel' originates from the combination of 'cart', which comes from the Old Norse 'kartr', meaning a vehicle, and 'wheel', derived from the Old English 'hwēol'. The term evolved in the 19th century to also describe a gymnastic movement resembling the motion of a cartwheel.

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