tumble has definitions from the fields of sport,music
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[ verb ] fall down, as if collapsing

Synonyms

topple

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 .

Related terms

descend keel_over spill

2
[ verb ] roll over and over, back and forth

Used in print

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

Stevens was grunting over the last empty pocket when Russ abruptly rose and lunged toward Carmer 's hat , which had tumbled half-a-dozen feet away when he first fell .

Related terms

roll_over tumbler

3
[ verb ] cause to topple or tumble by pushing

Synonyms

tip topple

Used in print

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

Russ gave him a brutal thrust that tumbled him over flat on his stomach .

Related terms

push spill

4
[ 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

acrobatic_stunt somersault

5
[ verb ] (music) fly around, as of paper on the sidewalk, or clothes in a dryer, or rising smoke in the wind

Related terms

move play music whirl

6
[ verb ] fall apart

Examples

"the building crumbled after the explosion" "Negociations broke down"

Related terms

change_integrity

7
[ verb ] throw together in a confused mass

Examples

"They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"

Related terms

scramble

8
[ verb ] put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying

Examples

"Wash in warm water and tumble dry"

Related terms

dry stir

9
[ verb ] suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat

Related terms

worsen

10
[ verb ] fall suddenly and sharply

Examples

"Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"

Related terms

drop spill

11
[ verb ] understand, usually after some initial difficulty

Examples

"She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"

Related terms

get_the_picture

12
[ verb ] do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully

Related terms

exercise roll

13
[ noun ] a sudden drop from an upright position

Synonyms

fall spill

Examples

"he had a nasty spill on the ice"

Related terms

slip wipeout topple fall

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