'Tumble' definitions:

Definition of 'tumble'

(from WordNet)
noun
An acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
noun
A sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" [syn: spill, tumble, fall]
verb
Fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it" [syn: tumble, topple]
verb
Cause to topple or tumble by pushing [syn: topple, tumble, tip]
verb
Roll over and over, back and forth
verb
Fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" [syn: whirl, tumble, whirl around]
verb
Fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" [syn: crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse]
verb
Throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"
verb
Understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" [syn: catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it]
verb
Fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"
verb
Put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"
verb
Suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
verb
Do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully

Definition of 'Tumble'

From: GCIDE
  • Tumble \Tum"ble\, v. t.
  • 1. To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tumble'

From: GCIDE
  • Tumble \Tum"ble\, n. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tumble'

From: GCIDE
  • Tumble \Tum"ble\ (t[u^]m"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tumbled (t[u^]m"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Tumbling (t[u^]m"bl[i^]ng).] [OE. tumblen, AS. tumbian to turn heels over head, to dance violently; akin to D. tuimelen to fall, Sw. tumla, Dan. tumle, Icel. tumba; and cf. G. taumeln to reel, to stagger.]
  • 1. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person in pain tumbles and tosses. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold. [1913 Webster]
  • He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. --Rowe. [1913 Webster]
  • To tumble home (Naut.), to incline inward, as the sides of a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth; -- used esp. in the phrase tumbling home. Cf. Wall-sided. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'tumble'

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