Dictionary Entry
tumble
tumble is a 6-letter English word with 19 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
- 2intransitive verb
To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
- 3intransitive verb
To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
- 4transitive verb
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.
- 5transitive verb
To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
- 6noun
Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
- 7noun
a sudden drop from an upright position
"he had a nasty spill on the ice"
- 8noun
an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
- 9verb
do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
- 10verb
suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
- 11verb
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"
- 12verb
fall suddenly and sharply
"Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"
- 13verb
understand, usually after some initial difficulty
"She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
Synonyms
- 14verb
throw together in a confused mass
"They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"
- 15verb
roll over and over, back and forth
- 16verb
fall down, as if collapsing
"The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
Synonyms
- 17verb
fall apart
"the building crumbled after the explosion"
"Negotiations broke down"
- 18verb
fly around
"The clothes tumbled in the dryer"
"rising smoke whirled in the air"
Synonyms
- 19verb
cause to topple or tumble by pushing
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