Meaning and usage of the word tumble in English

Meaning of vocabulary tumble

tumbleverb

Tumble

/ˈtʌmbl//ˈtʌmbl/

Origin of the word tumble

Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘dance with contortions’): from Middle Low German tummelen; compare with Old English tumbian ‘to dance’. The sense was probably influenced by Old French tomber ‘to fall’. The noun, first in the sense ‘tangled mass’, dates from the mid 17th cent.

Vocabulary summary tumble

typenoun

meaningsudden fall; collapse, tumbling

examplethe bed is all tumbled

exampleto tumble someone's hair

examplethe house is going to tumble down

meaningacrobatics

examplethe waves came tumbling on the shore

meaningchaos, disorder, disorder

exampleto tumble about all night

typejournalize

meaningfall, collapse, tumble

examplethe bed is all tumbled

exampleto tumble someone's hair

examplethe house is going to tumble down

meaningwave

examplethe waves came tumbling on the shore

meaningtossing and turning

exampleto tumble about all night

Example of vocabulary tumblenamespace

meaning

to fall downwards, often hitting the ground several times, but usually without serious injury; to make somebody/something fall in this way

  • He slipped and tumbled down the stairs.
  • We tumbled down into the hole.
meaning

to fall suddenly and in a dramatic way

  • The scaffolding came tumbling down.
  • World records tumbled at the last Olympics.
meaning

to fall rapidly in value or amount

  • The price of oil is still tumbling.
meaning

to move or fall somewhere in a relaxed or noisy way, or with a lack of control

  • I undressed and tumbled into bed.
  • A group of noisy children tumbled out of the bus.
  • The water tumbled over the rocks.
  • Thick golden curls tumbled down over her shoulders.
  • Her words came tumbling out.
meaning

to perform acrobatics on the floor, especially somersaults (= a jump in which you turn over completely in the air)

  • a tumbling troupe

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