tumble
noun
1. an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
Definition categories: act
2. a sudden drop from an upright position
Definition categories: act, slip, trip
Sentences with tumble as a noun:
- I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.
verb
1. fall down, as if collapsing
- The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it
Similar word(s): topple
Definition categories: motion, descend, fall
2. cause to topple or tumble by pushing
Definition categories: motion, force, push
3. roll over and over, back and forth
Definition categories: motion
4. fly around
- The clothes tumbled in the dryer
Similar word(s): whirl
Definition categories: motion, move
5. fall apart
Similar word(s): collapse, crumble, crumple
Definition categories: motion
6. throw together in a confused mass
- They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern
Definition categories: contact, jumble, scramble
7. understand, usually after some initial difficulty
Similar word(s): twig
Definition categories: cognition, apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, grasp, grok, savvy
8. fall suddenly and sharply
- Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency
Definition categories: change, drop
9. 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
Definition categories: change, toss
10. suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
Definition categories: change, decline, worsen
11. do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
Definition categories: body, exercise
Sentences with tumble as a verb:
- to tumble a bed