Defenition of the word tumble
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Defenition of the word tumble
- A sudden drop from an upright position.
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- fall apart; also used metaphorically: "Negociations broke down"
- a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
- do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
- suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
- dry clothes by putting them in tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"
- fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"
- throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"
- roll over and over, back and forth
- fall down, as if collapsing
- fly around, as of paper on the sidewalk, or clothes in a dryer, or rising smoke in the wind
- 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"
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn''t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
- fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
- fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down"
- fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
- fall suddenly and sharply
- throw together in a confused mass
- fall apart
- fly around
Synonyms for the word tumble
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- break down
- catch on
- collapse
- cotton on
- crumble
- crumple
- dive
- drop
- fall
- fall down
- fall over
- get it
- get onto
- latch on
- plummet
- plunge
- skirl
- spill
- stumble
- topple
- trip up
- twig
- whirl
- whirl around
Similar words in the tumble
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- tumble
- tumbled
- tumbledown
- tumbler
- tumbler's
- tumblers
- tumbles
- tumbleweed
- tumbleweed's
- tumbleweeds
Hyponyms for the word tumble
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- flip
- keel over
- pratfall
- roll
- somersault
- somersaulting
- somerset
- summersault
- summerset
- wipeout
Hypernyms for the word tumble
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- acrobatic feat
- acrobatic stunt
- apprehend
- change integrity
- come down
- compass
- comprehend
- decline
- descend
- dig
- drop
- dry
- dry out
- exercise
- fall
- force
- get the picture
- go down
- grasp
- grok
- jumble
- move
- push
- roll over
- savvy
- scramble
- slip
- throw together
- toss
- trip
- work out
- worsen
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