Definition:
- (v. i.) To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
- (v. i.) To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
- (v. i.) To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
- (n.) Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
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jumble vs. tumble
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humble vs. tumble
bumble vs. tumble
trample vs. tumble
tug vs. tumble
balter vs. tumble
flounder vs. tumble
sink vs. tumble
cropper vs. tumble
lurch vs. tumble
topple vs. tumble
stumble vs. tumble
tumble vs. wallow
rumple vs. tumble
tousle vs. tumble
disorderly vs. tumble
muss vs. tumble
joy vs. tumble
roll vs. tumble
fall vs. tumble
tumble vs. tumbler
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