tumblingn.

/ˈtʌmblɪŋ/

Etymology: < tumble v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of tumble v. in various senses.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > acrobatic dancing > [noun]

tumblinga1400

ladder-dance1801

pedestal dance1880

adagio1928

limbo1948

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates)

falla1400

ruin1483

tumbling?1523

cast1530

tumble1716

spilla1845

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun]

winOE

disturbance1297

perturbingc1395

motiona1398

stirrage1513

turmoil1526

disquietness1535

buskling1546

jumbling1562

agitation1569

working1575

tumult1580

commotion1592

emotion1594

turbulence1598

bransle1603

pother1603

tumultuousnessa1617

unevennessa1637

unquietudea1639

disquietal1642

tumbling1660

disquietude1709

rouse1764

maelstrom1834

peacelessness1852

stir-up1900

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 13195 In euel tyme bigan she tomblyng To make his heed of be brouȝt.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 506/1 Tumlynge, volutacio.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxiiii^v It apereth by stampyng of the horse, or tomblyng.

c1580 tr. Bugbears Epil., Song ii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 99 With joomblynges, with foomblynges, with toomblynges.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Basteleuse, a woman that makes a profession of Jugling, Tumbling, and such other idle, or base exercises.

1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 30 The tumblings of the Leviathan in the Seas.

1687 J. Lauder Decisions (1759) I. 440 Physicians attested the employment of tumbling would kill her.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 456 Lucretius..granted that the atoms,..after infinite tumblings and tossings about, would fall into their former situation.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 2 We can explain the odd tumbling of rooks in the air.

2. tumbling home: the inward inclination of the upper part of a ship's sides; opposed to flare n.¹ 4: see tumble v. 11. Also tumbling-in.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > part above waterline > inward inclination of

homing1622

tumbling home1664

tumbling-in1832

tumble home1833

1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright 11 Then set off the Tumbling Home, at the Height of the two first Haanses.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Encabanement, the tumbling-home of a ship's side..from the lower-deck-beam upwards to the gunnel.

1832 Encycl. Americana XI. 367/2 Nothing can be urged in favor of tumbling in..but that it brings the guns nearer the centre.

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 157 The topsides of three-decked ships have the greatest tumbling-home, for the purpose of clearing the upper works from the smoke and fire of the lower guns.

3. Bricklaying. The laying of the bricks of a buttress with their beds at right angles to the line of slope; also, the inward slope of a buttress. Also tumbling in.

ΚΠ

1885 F. Walker Brickwork 35 The beds of the bricks should always be at right angles to the ‘tumbling in’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tumblingadj.

Etymology: < tumble v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtumbling.

That tumbles, in various senses of the verb; falling; tossing; rolling headlong; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > rolling or tumbling about

tumblingc1374

waltering1528

floundering1592

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [adjective]

fallingeOE

tumblingc1374

falling-downc1384

cadukec1420

rueing1557

downfalling1573

cadenta1616

deciduous1656

decident1674

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. ix. 67 Trowesthow þat ther be any thing in thise erthely mortal towmblynge thinges?

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) 131 Stere well the frayle tombling barge.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 306 A tumbling and wallowing horse.

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 109 Where tumbling billowes bath the very sky.

1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 257 All that I owed came like a tumbling house upon me.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. ix. 130 Down the ravine of a tumbling stream, the commencement of some future river.

1873 W. Black Princess of Thule vi. 97 This tumbling mass of dark stones standing high over the green hollows.

Derivatives

ˈtumblingly adv. in a tumbling manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adverb] > tossing, tumbling, or rolling

tumblingly1620

a-tumble1881

1620 Thomas's Dict. (ed. 12) Volutatim,..rollingly, tumblingly, tossingly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	tumbling
释义	tumblingn. /ˈtʌmblɪŋ/ Etymology: < tumble v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of tumble v. in various senses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > acrobatic dancing > [noun] tumblinga1400 ladder-dance1801 pedestal dance1880 adagio1928 limbo1948 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) falla1400 ruin1483 tumbling?1523 cast1530 tumble1716 spilla1845 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] winOE disturbance1297 perturbingc1395 motiona1398 stirrage1513 turmoil1526 disquietness1535 buskling1546 jumbling1562 agitation1569 working1575 tumult1580 commotion1592 emotion1594 turbulence1598 bransle1603 pother1603 tumultuousnessa1617 unevennessa1637 unquietudea1639 disquietal1642 tumbling1660 disquietude1709 rouse1764 maelstrom1834 peacelessness1852 stir-up1900 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 13195 In euel tyme bigan she tomblyng To make his heed of be brouȝt. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 506/1 Tumlynge, volutacio. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxiiii^v It apereth by stampyng of the horse, or tomblyng. c1580 tr. Bugbears Epil., Song ii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 99 With joomblynges, with foomblynges, with toomblynges. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Basteleuse, a woman that makes a profession of Jugling, Tumbling, and such other idle, or base exercises. 1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 30 The tumblings of the Leviathan in the Seas. 1687 J. Lauder Decisions (1759) I. 440 Physicians attested the employment of tumbling would kill her. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 456 Lucretius..granted that the atoms,..after infinite tumblings and tossings about, would fall into their former situation. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 2 We can explain the odd tumbling of rooks in the air. 2. tumbling home: the inward inclination of the upper part of a ship's sides; opposed to flare n.¹ 4: see tumble v. 11. Also tumbling-in. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > part above waterline > inward inclination of homing1622 tumbling home1664 tumbling-in1832 tumble home1833 1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright 11 Then set off the Tumbling Home, at the Height of the two first Haanses. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Encabanement, the tumbling-home of a ship's side..from the lower-deck-beam upwards to the gunnel. 1832 Encycl. Americana XI. 367/2 Nothing can be urged in favor of tumbling in..but that it brings the guns nearer the centre. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 157 The topsides of three-decked ships have the greatest tumbling-home, for the purpose of clearing the upper works from the smoke and fire of the lower guns. 3. Bricklaying. The laying of the bricks of a buttress with their beds at right angles to the line of slope; also, the inward slope of a buttress. Also tumbling in. ΚΠ 1885 F. Walker Brickwork 35 The beds of the bricks should always be at right angles to the ‘tumbling in’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tumblingadj. Etymology: < tumble v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtumbling. That tumbles, in various senses of the verb; falling; tossing; rolling headlong; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > rolling or tumbling about tumblingc1374 waltering1528 floundering1592 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [adjective] fallingeOE tumblingc1374 falling-downc1384 cadukec1420 rueing1557 downfalling1573 cadenta1616 deciduous1656 decident1674 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. ix. 67 Trowesthow þat ther be any thing in thise erthely mortal towmblynge thinges? 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) 131 Stere well the frayle tombling barge. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 306 A tumbling and wallowing horse. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 109 Where tumbling billowes bath the very sky. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 257 All that I owed came like a tumbling house upon me. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. ix. 130 Down the ravine of a tumbling stream, the commencement of some future river. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule vi. 97 This tumbling mass of dark stones standing high over the green hollows. Derivatives ˈtumblingly adv. in a tumbling manner. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adverb] > tossing, tumbling, or rolling tumblingly1620 a-tumble1881 1620 Thomas's Dict. (ed. 12) Volutatim,..rollingly, tumblingly, tossingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > see also also refers to : tumbling-comb. form > as lemmas tumbling lofty tricks n. Obsolete acrobatic feats, tumbling. Also with tumbling.extracted from loftyadj. < n.a1400adj.c1374 see also as lemmas
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tumblingn.

tumblingadj.

Derivatives

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