tumble
IPA: tˈʌmbʌɫ
noun
- A fall, especially end over end.
- A disorderly heap.
- (informal) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A village in Llannon community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5411).
verb
- (intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
- (transitive) To throw headlong.
- (intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
- (intransitive) To drop rapidly.
- (transitive) To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
- (intransitive, informal) To have sexual intercourse.
- (intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
- To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
- (cryptocurrencies) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
- (obsolete, UK, slang) To comprehend; often in tumble to.
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Examples of "tumble" in Sentences
- Yen is ready to tumble hard and fast.
- Lakers tumble Titans to stay undefeated.
- Loan rates tumble in credit of price war.
- The acrobat jumps or tumbles over the chair.
- He escapes and tumbles to the ground outside.
- The green stems tumble down the sides of pots.
- I agree, the bullet does not tumble in the air.
- She tumbles it over the parapet to the ravine below.
- They tumble on the floor and a priest breaks up the fight.