1. performing cartwheels (acrobatic movements where one turns sideways in a full circle with hands and feet touching the ground)
Usage: present participle of cartwheel
2. moving or spinning rapidly in an uncontrolled manner
Usage: figurative use

1. the action of performing cartwheels or spinning rapidly
Usage: gerund form

Examples

• The children were cartwheeling across the playground during recess.
• She spent hours cartwheeling in the backyard to practice for gymnastics class.
• The car went cartwheeling down the hill after hitting the guardrail.
• His cartwheeling impressed the gymnastics coach.
• The debris was cartwheeling through the air during the tornado.
• After winning the championship, she celebrated by cartwheeling on the field.
• The gymnast’s cartwheeling was perfectly executed.