TUMBLE
\tˈʌmbə͡l], \tˈʌmbəl], \t_ˈʌ_m_b_əl]\
Definitions of TUMBLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
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do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
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suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
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fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"
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roll over and over, back and forth
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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"
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understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
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fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
By Princeton University
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an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
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do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
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suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
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put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, ususally with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"
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fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"
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roll over and over, back and forth
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
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To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
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To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
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To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
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Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
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To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
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To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
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To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
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Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To fall: to come down suddenly and violently: to roll: to twist the body, as a mountebank.
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To throw headlong: to turn over: to throw about while examining.
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Act of tumbling: a fall: a rolling over.
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of tumbling; fall.
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To fall; roll; throw summersets, &c.
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To throw down; turn over or throw about; rumple.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A state of disorder.
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To toss carelessly; throw into disorder.
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To roll or toss about; fall in a headlong manner.
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The act of tumbling; a fall.
By James Champlin Fernald
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