From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishforward rollˌforward ˈroll noun [countable] British English DSOa movement in gymnastics in which you roll over forwards onto your back so that your feet go over your head SYN somersault
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forward roll• I don't want to do a forward roll because that's what a stuntman does.• Oxford gave the 54,000 crowd the imperfect example of pressure, a sustained forward roll that yielded exactly zero. 