Etymology : Middle English, frequentative of tumben to dance, from Old English tumbian; akin to Old High German tumOn to reel
Pronunciation : t&m-b&l
Function : verb
Date : 14th century
1. fall, slip; disorderly state, confusion; acrobatic feat. fall, trip, drop; roll about; topple, send tumbling; cause disorder by tossing about; perform gymnastic feats; come to understand (Informal). tumble\tum"ble\, v. t.
2. 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.
3. to disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.tumble \tum"ble\, n. act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.tumble \tum"ble\ , v. i. [imp. & p. p. tumbled ; p. pr. & vb. n. tumbling .] [oe. tumblen, as. tumbian to turn heels over head, to dance violently; akin to d. tuimelen to fall, sw. tumla, dan. tumle, icel. tumba; and cf. g. taumeln to reel, to stagger.].
4. to roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
5. to roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold. he who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill.
6. to play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
7. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
8. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
9. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
10. 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.
11. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
12. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall. an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat 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" 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; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it".
13. 1. If someone or something tumbles somewhere, they fall there with a rolling or bouncing movement. A small boy tumbled off a third floor fire escape He fell to the ground, and the gun tumbled out of his hand. Tumble is also a noun. He injured his ribs in a tumble from his horse.
14. If prices or levels of something are tumbling, they are decreasing rapidly. House prices have tumbled by almost 30 per cent in real terms since mid-1989 Share prices continued to tumble today on the Tokyo stock market. tumbling inflation. Tumble is also a noun. Oil prices took a tumble yesterday.
15. If water tumbles, it flows quickly over an uneven surface. Waterfalls crash and tumble over rocks. the aromatic pines and tumbling streams of the Zonba Plateau.
16. If you say that someone tumbles into a situation or place, you mean that they get into it without being fully in control of themselves or knowing what they are doing. Many mothers and children tumble into poverty after divorce see also:
rough and tumble. a fall, especially from a high place or level.
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