cartwheel
/ˈkɑːtwiːl/noun
उच्चारण कार्ट्वील
कलाबाज़ी (हाथों के बल बगल में घूमना), कार्टव्हील
Core word
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[C]
a fast movement in which you turn in a circle sideways by putting your hands on the ground one after the other and bringing your legs over your head
कलाबाज़ी (हाथों के बल बगल में घूमना), कार्टव्हील
- The children were doing cartwheels on the lawn.
- Radhika learnt to do a cartwheel at the gymnastics camp.
- The gymnast finished her routine with three cartwheels.
+ 2 more examples
- He tried a cartwheel but fell on the grass.
- The boys practised cartwheels in the school playground.
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[C]
the wheel of a cart
गाड़ी का पहिया
- an old wooden cartwheel
- The villagers repaired the broken cartwheel before the harvest festival.
- The cartwheel sank deep into the mud.
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- A spoke in the cartwheel was cracked.
- The carpenter fitted a new iron rim around the cartwheel.
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[I] + adv./prep.
to do a cartwheel or a series of cartwheels; to move by turning over and over
कलाबाज़ी खाना, गोल-गोल घूमते हुए गिरना
- Radhika cartwheeled across the grass with joy.
- The car cartwheeled off the road.
- The children cartwheeled down the hill.
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- The acrobat cartwheeled across the stage to loud applause.
- The truck cartwheeled several times before it landed in the field.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
do / turn a cartwheel
As a noun, a cartwheel is usually 'done' or 'turned': do a cartwheel, turn cartwheels. It is a countable noun.
Noun के रूप में cartwheel के साथ do या turn क्रिया आती है; यह countable noun है।
- Radhika can do a perfect cartwheel on the grass.
- The children turned cartwheels across the lawn.
cartwheel (verb) + adverb or preposition
As a verb, cartwheel is intransitive and shows movement. It is followed by across, down, along or through.
Verb के रूप में cartwheel अकर्मक है और गति दिखाता है; इसके बाद across, down, along या through आता है।
- The acrobat cartwheeled across the stage.
- The overturned bus cartwheeled down the slope.
cartwheel (the wheel of a cart)
In its older sense, a cartwheel is the large wooden wheel of a bullock cart. It is mostly used when describing rural life or history.
पुराने अर्थ में cartwheel बैलगाड़ी का बड़ा लकड़ी का पहिया है; यह प्रायः ग्रामीण जीवन या इतिहास के वर्णन में आता है।
- The wooden cartwheel was taller than the child.
cartwheel as a comparison of size
Because of the shape, 'cartwheel' sometimes means very large and round: cartwheel hat, cartwheel sun.
आकार के कारण 'cartwheel' कभी-कभी बहुत बड़े गोल के अर्थ में आता है, जैसे cartwheel hat।
- She wore a cartwheel hat to the garden party.
+Collocations 4
verb + cartwheel
doturnperformpractiseattempt
- The gymnast practised a cartwheel before the final.
adjective + cartwheel
perfectclumsyone-handedsidewaysbackward
- He did a clumsy cartwheel and landed on his knees.
cartwheel + adverb
across the lawndown the hillalong the beachthrough the air
- The kite cartwheeled through the air before it fell.
cartwheel + noun
hatkickmovementspokerim
- A broken spoke of the cartwheel stopped the cart.
“More examples 5
- At the school sports day, the little girl did three cartwheels in a row.
विद्यालय के खेल दिवस पर नन्ही बच्ची ने लगातार तीन कलाबाज़ियाँ कीं।
- The circus clown cartwheeled into the ring, and the children laughed.
सर्कस का जोकर कलाबाज़ी खाता हुआ मंच में आया और बच्चे हँस पड़े।
- The old bullock cart had two huge wooden cartwheels.
पुरानी बैलगाड़ी में दो विशाल लकड़ी के पहिए थे।
- Radhika was so happy with her result that she nearly did a cartwheel in the corridor.
अपने परिणाम से राधिका इतनी प्रसन्न थी कि वह गलियारे में लगभग कलाबाज़ी खा बैठी।
- The car skidded and cartwheeled several times before it stopped.
कार फिसली और रुकने से पहले कई बार पलटियाँ खाती गई।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She made a cartwheel in the garden.
✓ She did a cartwheel in the garden.
The verb for a gymnastic movement is 'do' or 'turn', not 'make'.
व्यायाम की गतिविधि के लिए क्रिया 'do' या 'turn' है, 'make' नहीं।
✗ The boys cartwheeled themselves across the lawn.
✓ The boys cartwheeled across the lawn.
Cartwheel as a verb is intransitive and takes no reflexive object.
Verb 'cartwheel' अकर्मक है, इसके साथ reflexive object नहीं आता।