tumble
has definitions from the fields of sport,music
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[ verb ] fall down, as if collapsing
Synonyms Examples "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Then last season the_Birds tumbled as low as 11 - 18 on May 19 before recovering to make a race of it and total 86 victories . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)He smashed it in and tumbled into darkness . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)Thunder crashed ; barrels tumbled down the mountainsides , and bounced and bounced till their own fury split them open . (Francis Pollini, Night....)The snow was tumbling down furiously now . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)We tumbled to a stop in Deacon_Gordon 's cow hole , a low-lying bit of pasture with a muddy pool of water in its middle . |
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[ noun ] (sport) an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
Used in print (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)Arlene had taught them a new way to have fun in their little private area ; and they had told their mother about the tumbles . Related terms |
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[ verb ] fall apart
Synonyms Examples "the building crumbled after the explosion" "Negociations broke down" Related terms |
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[ verb ] throw together in a confused mass
Examples "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern" Related terms |
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[ verb ] suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
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