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English Dictionary: tumble by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tumble
n
  1. an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
  2. a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
    Synonym(s): spill, tumble, fall
v
  1. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
    Synonym(s): tumble, topple
  2. cause to topple or tumble by pushing
    Synonym(s): topple, tumble, tip
  3. roll over and over, back and forth
  4. fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
    Synonym(s): whirl, tumble, whirl around
  5. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
    Synonym(s): crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
  6. throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"
  7. understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
    Synonym(s): catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it
  8. fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"
  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"
  10. suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
  11. do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.]
      1. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about;
            as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
  
      2. 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. --South.
  
      3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the
            body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. --Rowe.
  
      {To tumble home} (Naut.), to incline inward, as the sides of
            a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth; -- used esp.
            in the phrase tumbling home. Cf. {Wall-sided}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tumble \Tum"ble\, v. t.
      1. 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.
  
      2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tumble \Tum"ble\, n.
      Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
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