4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tumble  \Tum"ble\,  n. 
  Act  of  tumbling,  or  rolling  over  a  fall. 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [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"  [syn:  {spill},  {fall}] 
  v  1:  fall  down  as  if  collapsing  [syn:  {topple}] 
  2:  cause  to  topple  or  tumble  by  pushing  [syn:  {topple}] 
  3:  roll  over  and  over  back  and  forth 
  4:  fly  around  as  of  paper  on  the  sidewalk,  or  clothes  in  a 
  dryer,  or  rising  smoke  in  the  wind  [syn:  {whirl},  {skirl}, 
  {whirl  around}] 
  5:  fall  apart;  also  used  metaphorically:  "Negociations  broke 
  down"  [syn:  {crumble},  {crumple},  {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  [syn:  {catch 
  on},  {get  onto},  {latch  on},  {cotton  on},  {twig},  {get  it}] 
  8:  fall  suddenly  and  sharply;  "Prices  tumbled  after  the 
  devaluation  of  the  currency" 
  9:  dry  clothes  by  putting  them  in  tumbling  barrel,  where  they 
  are  whirled  about  in  hot  air;  "Wash  in  warm  water  and 
  tumble  dry" 
  10:  suffer  a  sudden  downfall,  overthrow,  or  defeat 
  11:  do  gymnastics,  roll  and  turn  skillfully 

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