meaning of tumble
1. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw ones 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.
3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
4. 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.
5. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
6. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
7. a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the
">ice"
Related Words
tumble | tumble drier | tumble dry | tumble grass | tumble-down | tumble-dryer | tumblebug | tumbled | tumbledung | tumbler | tumbler pigeon | tumblerful | tumblerfuls | tumbleweed |
