tumble
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Tumble means to fall in an uncontrolled way, often rolling or turning: She tumbled down the stairs.
The word suggests motion without grace—clothes tumble in a dryer, acrobats tumble deliberately, stock prices tumble suddenly.
To tumble to something is to grasp it belatedly: It took me a while to tumble to what she meant.
A tumble is a fall, or informally, a casual sexual encounter: They had a tumble in the hay.
Sudden steep descent
- toppleCause to fall
- collapseSudden structural failure
- dropFall or release
- descendMove to lower position
spill · pitch · roll · crash · flop · lurch · cascade · stagger
Full-body forward rotation
- flipQuick turning motion
- cartwheelLateral body rotation
- handstandInverted balance on palms
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
tuck · pike · roll · vault · acrobat · dismount · twist · routine
Rapid downward descent
- dropFall or release
- crashSudden violent impact
- fallDescend under gravity
- collapseSudden structural failure
nosedive · slide · sink · plunge · slump · tank · crater · bottom out
plunge
Sudden steep descent
descend · spill · pitch · roll · crash · flop · lurch · cascade · stagger · nosedive
somersault
Full-body forward rotation
aerial · tuck · pike · roll · vault · acrobat · dismount · twist · routine · floor
plummet
Rapid downward descent
collapse · nosedive · slide · sink · plunge · slump · tank · crater · bottom out · free fall
dryer
Appliance removing moisture
fluff · drum · clothes · rinse · wrinkles · load · dry · rotate · heat · lint
jumble
Confused disorderly collection
scramble · muddle · chaos · clutter · confusion · dishevelment · heap · pile · scatter · mix-up
- accidentsaccident, car accident, bike accident, mishap, traffic accident
- collapsecollapse, cave in, cave-in, fall in, give way
- declinesdrop, decline, downtrend, downturn, downfall
- slumpsslump, lull, losing streak, cold streak, rut
- -le/-er verbsbabble, bubble, bumble, burble, crackle
- farceslapstick, pratfall, mistaken identity, pratfalls, buffoonery
- rough and tumbleDisorderly, physical conflict
- tumble dryDry by heated rotation
- take a tumbleFall down suddenly
- tumble dryerAppliance for drying laundry
- tumble downDilapidated, falling to pieces
- rock tumblerRotating drum that smooths minerals
tumbling, tumbler, tumbled, tumbles, tumbledown, tumblers, tumbleweed, tumbleweeds, tumblerful