Tumble

verb
'təmbəl

Noun

  • a sudden drop from an upright position

    Similar:FallSpill
    Type of:SlipTrip
  • an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end

Verb

  • fall down, as if collapsing

    The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it

    Similar:Topple
    Type of:DescendFall
  • fly around

    The clothes tumbled in the dryer

    Similar:Whirl
    Type of:Move
  • fall suddenly and sharply

    Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency

    Type of:Drop
  • 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

    Type of:Toss
  • throw together in a confused mass

    They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern

    Type of:ScrambleJumble
  • understand, usually after some initial difficulty

    Similar:Twig
    Type of:CompassDigGrasp
  • cause to topple or tumble by pushing

    Similar:TipTopple
    Type of:ForcePush
  • fall apart

    Similar:CollapseCrumbleCrumple
  • do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully

    Type of:Exercise
  • roll over and over, back and forth

  • suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat

    Type of:DeclineWorsen

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