Sekirov Dictionary

tumble

/ˈtʌmbl̩/

verb 10
noun 3
forms 5
phrases 6

verb10

•
To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
- He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill. — 1692
•
To throw headlong.
- His hand went after his revolver almost that instant mine did. I was a second too quick for him, for my shot tumbled him from his mule just as his ball whistled harmlessly past by my head. — 1861
•
To drop rapidly.
- Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure.
To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
•
To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
- Now it’s easy to purchase bitcoins on any number of mainstream markets and “tumble” them so that their point of purchase is obscured. — 2019
(informal) To have sexual intercourse.
(UK, slang) To comprehend; often in tumble to.

noun3

•
A fall, especially end over end.
- I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.
•
A disorderly heap.
- When at last we stopped in a tumble of bodies on the grass, laughing, and in Dad's case, out of breath, we were like little kids (I mean 5 or 6! After all I am 12!) at the end of a playground session. — 2008
•
(informal) An act of sexual intercourse.
- Wouldn't it be jolly now, / To take our Aertex panters off / And have a jolly tumble in / The jolly, jolly sun? — 1940

forms

tumbled · tumbling · tumbles · tumbleth · tumblest

Phrases with tumble

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