'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
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alight upon,
- apprehend,
- arsy-varsiness,
- ball up,
- bite the dust,
- blow down,
- blow over,
- blunder,
- blunder upon,
- blur,
- blur distinctions,
- bollix up,
- bow,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- break up,
- breakdown,
- bring down,
- bulldog,
- bump into,
- capsize,
- careen,
- career,
- cast down,
- catch on,
- chance upon,
- chop down,
- clutter,
- collapse,
- come a cropper,
- come across,
- come down,
- come on,
- come up against,
- come upon,
- comedown,
- comprehend,
- confound,
- confuse,
- crash,
- cropper,
- crumble,
- crumble to dust,
- culbute,
- cut down,
- dash down,
- deck,
- deflation,
- descend,
- dig,
- discover serendipitously,
- disintegrate,
- dive,
- down,
- downfall,
- drop,
- dump,
- encounter,
- fall,
- fall down,
- fall flat,
- fall headlong,
- fall in with,
- fall over,
- fall prostrate,
- fall to pieces,
- falter,
- farrago,
- fell,
- fetch down,
- fidget,
- flip out,
- floor,
- flop,
- flounce,
- flounder,
- flutter,
- forced landing,
- foul up,
- freak out on,
- fumble,
- garble,
- get a cropper,
- get high on,
- glow,
- go down,
- go pitapat,
- go to pieces,
- go under,
- ground,
- grovel,
- happen upon,
- hash,
- have enough,
- have the fidgets,
- have the shakes,
- header,
- heave,
- helter-skelter,
- hew down,
- higgledy-piggledy,
- hit upon,
- hobbyhorse,
- hodgepodge,
- hysteron proteron,
- jerk,
- jumble,
- jumble together,
- keel over,
- knock down,
- labor,
- lay level,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- level,
- lick the dust,
- light upon,
- list,
- litter,
- lose,
- lose out,
- lose the day,
- lurch,
- make heavy weather,
- mash,
- meet up with,
- meet with,
- mess,
- mishmash,
- mix,
- mix up,
- mow down,
- muck up,
- muddle,
- nose dive,
- overlook distinctions,
- palpitate,
- pant,
- perceive,
- pi,
- pitch,
- pitch and plunge,
- pitch and toss,
- play hob with,
- plunge,
- pound,
- pratfall,
- precipitate,
- prostrate,
- pull down,
- quake,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- rase,
- raze,
- rear,
- reel,
- riffle,
- rock,
- roll,
- rummage,
- run across,
- run into,
- run up against,
- say uncle,
- scend,
- scramble,
- screw up,
- see the light,
- seethe,
- send headlong,
- shake,
- shiver,
- shuffle,
- slip,
- slump,
- smash,
- snafu,
- snarl up,
- spill,
- sprawl,
- spread-eagle,
- squirm,
- stagger,
- struggle,
- stumble,
- stumble on,
- stumble upon,
- succumb,
- supinate,
- sway,
- swell,
- swell with emotion,
- swing,
- tailspin,
- take a fall,
- take a flop,
- take a header,
- take a pratfall,
- take a spill,
- take down,
- take the count,
- thrash about,
- thrill,
- thrill to,
- throb,
- throw,
- throw down,
- tilt,
- tingle,
- tingle with excitement,
- topple,
- topple down,
- topple over,
- topsy-turviness,
- topsy-turvydom,
- toss,
- toss and tumble,
- toss and turn,
- totter,
- tremble,
- trip,
- tumble on,
- tumble to,
- turmoil,
- turn on to,
- turn turtle,
- twist and turn,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- understand,
- unholy mess,
- upset,
- volutation,
- wallop,
- wallow,
- welter,
- whack down,
- wiggle,
- wise up,
- wriggle,
- writhe,
- yaw