What (who) is tumble - definition
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Tumbling; Tumbles; Tumblings; Tumbled; Tumble (disambiguation)
tumble
I
n. (colloq.)
fall
1) to take a tumble
2) a bad, nasty tumble (she took a nasty tumble)
3) a tumble from
sign of recognition
4) to give smb. a tumble (they wouldn't give us a tumble)
II
v.
1) (d; intr.) to tumble into (to tumble into bed)
2) (d; intr.) to tumble out of (to tumble out of a chair)
3) (colloq.) (d; intr.) to tumble to ('to catch on to, comprehend') (they didn't tumble to the meaning of the clues)
tumble
(tumbles, tumbling, tumbled)
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.
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv
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Tumble is also a noun.
He injured his ribs in a tumble from his horse.
N-COUNT: usu sing
2.
If prices or levels of something are tumbling, they are decreasing rapidly. (JOURNALISM)
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.
VERB: V by/from/to amount, V, V-ing
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Tumble is also a noun.
Oil prices took a tumble yesterday.
N-COUNT: usu sing
3.
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.
VERB: V prep, V-ing
4.
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. (mainly BRIT)
Many mothers and children tumble into poverty after divorce...
VERB: V into n
5.
see also rough and tumble
tumble
Understand or get it.
Go to that webpage and then click select all and download to your hard drive. You tumble me?
Go to that webpage and then click select all and download to your hard drive. You tumble me?
Pronunciation examples for tumble
1. Rough and tumble play.
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2. CLIFF REDEKER: Tumble-ators.
Luzia _ Cirque du Soleil _ Talks at Google
3. she might tumble down.
Superman _ High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero _ Larry Tye _ Talks at Google
4. you tumble and roll.
Outer Space Experience _ Commander Jeff Williams _ Talks at Google
5. tumbles across the grassland?
Black Poems _ Clint Smith _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of tumble
1. Soon after that, things tumble into something approaching insignificance.
2. I only used a tumble drier if absolutely essential.
3. "The Machine Wash Tumble Dry suit was washed and tumble dried approximately 20 times and worn in between to test durability and recoverability.
4. A man who loved the rough and tumble of politics.
5. Around them baby mountain gorillas tumble and play.