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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Tumbling \Tum"bling\, a. & vb. n. from Tumble, v. [1913 Webster]

Tumbling barrel. Same as Rumble, n., 4.

Tumbling bay, an overfall, or weir, in a canal. [1913 Webster] Tumbrel

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

tumbling adj
1: moving in surges and billows and rolls; "billowing smoke from burning houses"; "the rolling fog"; "the rolling sea"; "the tumbling water of the rapids" [syn: billowing, rolling]
2: pitching headlong with a rolling or twisting movement; "a violent tumbling fall"

noun

the gymnastic moves of an acrobat [syn: acrobatics]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Tumble \Tum"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tumbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tumbling.]

[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 on pain tumbles and tosses.

2. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.

He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill. --South.

3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. --Rowe.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Tumbling \Tum"bling\, a. & vb. n. from Tumble, v.

Tumbling barrel. Same as Rumble, n., 4.

Tumbling bay, an overfall, or weir, in a canal.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)