Definition of Tumble
Verb: tumble túm-bul
- Fall down, as if collapsing
"The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it";
- topple
- Cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- topple, tip
- Roll over and over, back and forth
- Fly around
"The clothes tumbled in the dryer";
- whirl, whirl around
- Fall apart
"the building tumbled after the explosion";
- crumble, crumple, break down, collapse
- Throw together in a confused mass
"They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"
- Understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- catch on, get wise, get onto, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it
- Fall suddenly and sharply
"Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"
- 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"
- Suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
- Do gymnastics, roll and turn skilfully
- An acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
- A sudden drop from an upright position
"he had a nasty tumble on the ice";
- spill, fall
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