tum·ble /ˈtʌmbəl/
跌倒,摔跤,翻斤斗(vi.)翻倒,摔倒,倒塌,滾動,翻斤斗,倉促地行動(vt.)使摔倒
Tum·ble v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tumbled p. pr. & vb. n. Tumbling ]
1. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person in 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.
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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tumble
n 1: an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
2: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty
spill on the ice" [syn: spill, fall]
v 1: fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade
Center tumbled after the plane hit it" [syn: topple]
2: cause to topple or tumble by pushing [syn: topple, tip]
3: roll over and over, back and forth
4: fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising
smoke whirled in the air" [syn: whirl, whirl around]
5: fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion";
"Negociations broke down" [syn: crumble, crumple, break
down, collapse]
6: throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams
with no apparent pattern"
7: understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She
didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally
caught on" [syn: catch on, get wise, get onto, latch
on, cotton on, twig, get it]
8: fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the
devaluation of the currency"
9: put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled
about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying;
"Wash in warm water and tumble dry"
10: suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
11: do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully