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tumble English

Meaning tumble meaning

What does tumble mean?
Definitions in simple English

tumble Verb

— When you tumble, you fall down over and over again. Tie your shoes so that you won't tumble down the stairs.

tumble

— verb fall down, as if collapsing The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it — verb roll over and over, back and forth — verb (= topple) cause to topple or tumble by pushing — noun an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end — verb (= whirl) fly around The clothes tumbled in the dryer rising smoke whirled in the air — verb (= crumble, break down) fall apart the building crumbled after the explosion Negotiations broke down — verb throw together in a confused mass They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern — verb do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully — verb 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 — verb suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat — verb fall suddenly and sharply Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency — noun (= spill) a sudden drop from an upright position he had a nasty spill on the ice — verb (= catch on) understand, usually after some initial difficulty She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on

Synonyms tumble synonyms

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tumble English » English

fall topple fall down drop roll collapse somersault overthrow slip spill roll over upset slump overturn break down whirl around whirl tip stumble latch on bring down welter vault twig turnover turn trip tip over plunge plummet keel over get wise get onto get it crumple crumble crash cotton on confusion catch on capsize break wipeout whirlpool wallow upturn undo twist twirl twiddle

Topics tumble topics

What do people use tumble to talk about?
Grammar Very Degree

To a smaller degree
Physical actions Move Move in a direction Move down

Fall

Conjugation tumble conjugation

How do you conjugate tumble?

tumble · verb

Examples tumble examples

How do I use tumble in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I saw a girl tumble and ran to her in spite of myself.
We don't have a tumble dryer.

Movie subtitles

Market takes a tumble, here I am.
Give yourself a tumble.
I won't have another tumble ruin your pretty clothes.
He won't tumble. When do I see my kids?
It's such laws as this that will tumble its foundations.
She's a simple girl of the people and won't even give you a tumble.
Who'll tumble in them next?
At Pentecost, when the Round Table met, every knight save you sat in his own place. Then suddenly we heard the crash and cry of thunder. louder until we thought the walls must tumble inwards and destroy us.
Hillman taking a tumble. Jones is able to avoid him.
Can't get a tumble here unless you're gift-wrapped.
If it hadn't been for the money, I wouldn't have given her a tumble.
Yet it's only going out into the open air, where it has the whole sky to tumble about in.
Now, you know that, on the following morning, securities are going to tumble into an abyss.
I shall tumble down before the mob.. and foam at the mouth and make them laugh.
It's your last meal, my lad. I'm beginning to tumble.
We'll save it till he does tumble for a dame.
Might forget himself and give you a tumble, if you know what I mean.
If my men tumble to it, they'll slit your throats, and mine, too.
You should have seen Brads face when you took that tumble.
Hillman taking a tumble.
It's quite a tumble.
No, why tumble down?
I shall tumble down before the mob and foam at the mouth and make them laugh.
Flowers tumble over the wall.
Whom are you going to have a tumble with?
I'm beginning to tumble.
They'll tumble the whole thing if I don't.
You're a French aristocrat. She's a simple girl of the people and won't even give you a tumble.
We are your new family. and you must expect the rough-and-tumble that goes with any family life.
The women who'd like to act like her and the men she has given a tumble to.
The Rock of Gibraltar will tumble before Lady Chilton.
It's got a low-grain load so it won't tumble.
The hours are hell, but the cash is starting to tumble in.
I'm no pea-brained chambermaid looking for a tumble in the broom closet.
You shove your washing into a tumble dryer and the tumble dryer glues it together with static electricity.

News and current affairs

Yet what appealed to the outside world was not always an asset in the rough and tumble of Israeli politics.
Of course, there is no glee in seeing stock prices tumble as a result of soaring mortgage defaults.
Apart from electoral reform, outlets for political participation and expression of public grievances must be balanced by institutions and procedures that are partly insulated from the rough-and-tumble of politics.
Yet beneath Iraq's chaos and the rubble, a rough and tumble private sector has been expanding since the US invasion, benefiting from higher oil revenues and more liberal economic policies.
In today's inter-connected global economy, uncertainty about the US economic outlook increases one day, and Dutch consumer confidence, for example, takes a tumble the next.
Research establishments gain momentum this way, with the leaders sweeping up talent, resources, and prestige in a rough-and-tumble intellectual ecology.
Then the going will be much rougher; first interest rates will rise a lot and then, on top, the stock market will tumble.
But we need this wall to tumble if we do not want to miss today's revolution, which is delivering societies based on knowledge, technology, and information.
She carved out a successful business career in the rough and tumble of the post-Soviet gas industry.
The question for Japan is whether or not the country will continue to tumble down the list of the world's great economies, or whether its politicians will return to a path of reform that can revive growth.

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