| tumble | (n) an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end |
| tumble | (v) fall down, as if collapsing, Syn. topple, Example: The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it |
| tumble | (v) roll over and over, back and forth |
| tumble | (v) throw together in a confused mass, Example: They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern |
| tumble | (v) fall suddenly and sharply, Example: Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency |
| tumble | (v) put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying, Example: Wash in warm water and tumble dry |
| tumble | (v) suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat |
| tumble | (v) do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully |
| tumblebug | (n) any of various dung beetles |
| tumble dry | (v) dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder, Example: These fabrics are delicate and cannot be tumbled dry |
| Tumble | n. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tumble | 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 in pain tumbles and tosses. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold. [ 1913 Webster ] He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill. South. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Tumble | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tumblebug | n. See Tumbledung. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tumble-down | a. Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tumbledung | n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tumbler | n. 1. One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Firearms) A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for the sear point to enter. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Zool.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Zool.) A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. A kind of cart; a tumbrel. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tumblerful | n.; pl. Tumblerfuls As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tumbleweed | n. (Bot.) Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; such as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tumbling | a. & vb. n. from Tumble, v. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tumbling barrel. Same as Rumble, n., 4. --
Tumbling bay, an overfall, or weir, in a canal. [ 1913 Webster ]
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