Tumble word meaning and definition

[noun] a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
[noun] an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
[verb] do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
[verb] suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
[verb] put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, ususally with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"
[verb] fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"
[verb] understand, usually after some initial difficulty
[verb] throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"
[verb] roll over and over, back and forth
[verb] fall down, as if collapsing
[verb] fall apart; also used metaphorically; "Negociations broke down"
[verb] fly around, as of paper on the sidewalk, or clothes in a dryer, or rising smoke in the wind
[verb] cause to topple or tumble by pushing

\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.] 1. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses. 2. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold. He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill. --South. 3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. --Rowe. {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}.
\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 papers. 2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
\Tum"ble\, n. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.

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