tumble

tumble
Synonyms and related words:
alight upon, apprehend, arsy-varsiness, ball up, bite the dust, blow down, blow over, blunder, blunder upon, blur, blur distinctions, bollix up, bow, bowl down, bowl over, break up, breakdown, bring down, bulldog, bump into, capsize, careen, career, cast down, catch on, chance upon, chop down, clutter, collapse, come a cropper, come across, come down, come on, come up against, come upon, comedown, comprehend, confound, confuse, crash, cropper, crumble, crumble to dust, culbute, cut down, dash down, deck, deflation, descend, dig, discover serendipitously, disintegrate, dive, down, downfall, drop, dump, encounter, fall, fall down, fall flat, fall headlong, fall in with, fall over, fall prostrate, fall to pieces, falter, farrago, fell, fetch down, fidget, flip out, floor, flop, flounce, flounder, flutter, forced landing, foul up, freak out on, fumble, garble, get a cropper, get high on, glow, go down, go pitapat, go to pieces, go under, ground, grovel, happen upon, hash, have enough, have the fidgets, have the shakes, header, heave, helter-skelter, hew down, higgledy-piggledy, hit upon, hobbyhorse, hodgepodge, hysteron proteron, jerk, jumble, jumble together, keel over, knock down, labor, lay level, lay low, lay out, level, lick the dust, light upon, list, litter, lose, lose out, lose the day, lurch, make heavy weather, mash, meet up with, meet with, mess, mishmash, mix, mix up, mow down, muck up, muddle, nose dive, overlook distinctions, palpitate, pant, perceive, pi, pitch, pitch and plunge, pitch and toss, play hob with, plunge, pound, pratfall, precipitate, prostrate, pull down, quake, quaver, quiver, rase, raze, rear, reel, riffle, rock, roll, rummage, run across, run into, run up against, say uncle, scend, scramble, screw up, see the light, seethe, send headlong, shake, shiver, shuffle, slip, slump, smash, snafu, snarl up, spill, sprawl, spread-eagle, squirm, stagger, struggle, stumble, stumble on, stumble upon, succumb, supinate, sway, swell, swell with emotion, swing, tailspin, take a fall, take a flop, take a header, take a pratfall, take a spill, take down, take the count, thrash about, thrill, thrill to, throb, throw, throw down, tilt, tingle, tingle with excitement, topple, topple down, topple over, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, toss, toss and tumble, toss and turn, totter, tremble, trip, tumble on, tumble to, turmoil, turn on to, turn turtle, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, understand, unholy mess, upset, volutation, wallop, wallow, welter, whack down, wiggle, wise up, wriggle, writhe, yaw

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  • tumble — tum‧ble [ˈtʌmbl] verb [intransitive] JOURNALISM if prices, figures etc tumble, they go down suddenly and by a large amount: • Stock market prices have tumbled over the past week. tumble noun [countable usually singular] : • The announcement… …   Financial and business terms

  • tumble — [tum′bəl] vi. tumbled, tumbling [ME tumblen, freq. of tumben < OE tumbian, to fall, jump, dance; akin to Ger tummeln, taumeln < OHG * tumalon, freq. of tumon, to turn < IE base * dheu , to be turbid > DULL] 1. to do somersaults,… …   English World dictionary

  • Tumble — Tum ble, 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.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tumble — Tum ble, 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tumble — (v.) c.1300, to perform as an acrobat, also to fall down, perhaps from a frequentative form of O.E. tumbian dance about, of unknown origin. Related to M.L.G. tummelen to turn, dance, Du. tuimelen to tumble, O.H.G. tumon, Ger. taumeln to turn,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • tumble — ► VERB 1) fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong. 2) move in a headlong manner. 3) decrease rapidly in amount or value. 4) rumple; disarrange. 5) (tumble to) informal come to understand; realize. ► NOUN 1) …   English terms dictionary

  • tumble in — ● tumble …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tumble — Tum ble, n. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tumble — index agitate (shake up), disorganize, subvert, upset Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • tumble — [v] fall or make fall awkwardly bowl down, bring down, descend, dip, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disturb, do a pratfall, down, drop, fall headlong*, flatten, floor, flop, go belly up*, go down, hit the dirt*, jumble, keel, keel over, knock… …   New thesaurus

  • 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; …   Combinatory dictionary

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