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tumble1 verbtumble2 noun tumbletum‧ble1 /ˈtʌmbəl/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]   tumble1Origin: 1200-1300 tumb ‘to dance, perform as a tumbler’ (11-14 centuries), from Old English tumbian VERB TABLEtumble |
| Present | I, you, we, they | tumble | | he, she, it | tumbles | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | tumbled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have tumbled | | he, she, it | has tumbled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had tumbled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will tumble | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have tumbled |
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| Present | I | am tumbling | | he, she, it | is tumbling | | you, we, they | are tumbling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was tumbling | | you, we, they | were tumbling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been tumbling | | he, she, it | has been tumbling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been tumbling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be tumbling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been tumbling |
- A bus veered off the road and tumbled down the hill into the river below.
- A little girl tumbled about 30 feet from the window of her family's third-floor apartment.
- Grace's blonde hair tumbled down her back.
- On October 19, 1987, the stock market tumbled 508 points.
- She tumbled down the stairs and landed in a heap at the bottom.
- Charsky catapulted into a rocky obstruction after tumbling a thousand feet or so.
- Collins laid the attaché case on the low table, consulted the slip of paper and tumbled the rollers.
- Music had cleansed him as a river cleans a gorge through which it tumbles.
- Sara hated to think of how she herself must appear with her face devoid of make-up and her hair tumbled.
- Some tumbled off and ran no further.
- The movement only made it worse and the world continued to tumble for long seconds after.
- Then the loosened masonry began to tumble again.
to fall through the air to the ground► fall · One of the climbers fell fifty feet.· A light rain was falling.fall out/into/from etc · She opened the cupboard and everything fell out.· There should be spaces between the boards of the deck to allow debris to fall through.· Fred fell out of the tree and broke his arm.· The girl had fallen from a fourth-floor window, but was not badly hurt.fall on · Careful that box doesn't fall on you, Charlotte! ► fall off to accidentally fall from something in a high position to the ground: · Jim was laughing so hard he fell off his chair.· A bag of groceries fell off the table onto the floor. ► plunge to suddenly fall a long way from somewhere high up: · The aeroplane's engines failed and it plunged into the ocean.plunge off/down/into etc: · Their car swerved to avoid a truck, and plunged off the cliff.plunge to your death (=fall a long way and be killed): · A skydiver plunged to his death yesterday when his parachute failed to open. ► plummet to fall from somewhere high up, very quickly and very directly: · The rope snapped, causing the climber to plummet several hundred feet down the mountain.· Two aircraft on a training flight collided and plummeted to the ground. ► drop to fall suddenly from a high place straight down onto or towards the ground: drop onto/to/from etc: · Two bottles rolled across the table, dropped onto the floor, and smashed.· A few pine cones had already dropped to the ground. ► tumble to fall quickly through the air, rolling over and over: tumble down/off/from etc: · A little girl tumbled about 30 feet from the window of her family's third-floor apartment. ► come down if rain, snow etc comes down , it falls heavily: · We can't go out now -- the rain's really coming down.· Snow was coming down so thickly I could barely see through the window. when someone accidentally falls from a standing position► fall to accidentally fall from a standing position: · She was going up the stairs when she fell.· George held on tightly, afraid that he might fall.fall down the stairs/steps etc: · There was concern for the Queen Mother yesterday after she fell down a short flight of steps at the airport. ► fall over/down to fall onto the ground from a standing position: · Ben fell down and scraped his knee.· Beginning skiers can expect to fall down a lot.· The pavement was slippery and it was easy to fall over. ► have a fall British if someone, especially an old person, has a fall , they fall and hurt themselves: · My neighbour has had a fall and broken a rib.· Grandma had a bad fall in the snow that winter. ► tumble to fall quickly down a slope or down stairs, rolling over and over and unable to stop: tumble down/off/into etc: · She tumbled down the stairs and landed in a heap at the bottom.· A bus veered off the road and tumbled down the hill into the river below. ► fall flat on your face to fall over suddenly so that you are lying on your front on the ground, especially in a way that makes you look funny: · She fell flat on her face getting out of the car.· The last time I wore high-heeled shoes I fell flat on my face outside a restaurant. ► collapse to fall suddenly and heavily onto the ground, into a chair etc, because of tiredness, illness, or injury: · One of the horses collapsed from exhaustion after the race.collapse on: · Cohen was hospitalized after he collapsed on the floor and briefly lost consciousness.collapse into: · Milligan collapsed into a chair, sighing deeply. ► keel over to suddenly fall to the ground, because you are ill or have had a shock: · She'd been complaining of a headache all morning, and suddenly she just keeled over.· Carson keeled over and died in front of the nightclub after taking a number of illegal drugs. ► go head over heels to fall forward with so much force that you roll over: · She slipped on the polished floor and went head over heels.· Shelly's horse stepped into soft sand and went down, horse and rider going head over heels in a cloud of dust. ► Other Sportsaerobics, nounangler, nounangling, nounaquaplane, verbaquaplane, nounarcher, nounarchery, nounascent, nounathletics, nounbackboard, nounbadminton, nounbag, nounbag, verbbait, nounbait, verbbalance beam, nounballooning, nounbantamweight, nounbarbell, nounbasket, nounbasketball, nounbaton, nounbeam, nounbeat, verbbeater, nounbig game, nounbird dog, nounbirdie, nounbite, nounblack belt, nounblade, nounblind, nounblood sport, nounbobsleigh, nounbody building, nounbowling, nounboxing, nounbull, nounbullfight, nounbullring, nouncaber, nouncalisthenics, nouncallisthenics, nouncartwheel, nouncast, verbcast, nouncaving, nouncentre, nouncheckered flag, nounchin-up, nouncircuit, nounclay pigeon shooting, nounclimb, verbclimb, nounclimber, nounclimbing, nounclose season, nouncock fight, nouncockpit, nounconquer, verbconversion, nouncorner, nouncrew, nouncroquet, nouncross, nouncross-country, nouncurling, noundecathlon, noundecoy, noundirt track, noundiscus, noundogfight, noundrag race, noundumbbell, noundunk, verbeight, numberexercise, nounexercise, verbexercise bike, nounface-off, nounfalconer, nounfalconry, nounfall, nounfeather, verbfeatherweight, nounfeint, verbfence, verbfencer, nounfencing, nounfield event, nounfield goal, nounfield hockey, nounfigure, nounfigure skating, nounflat racing, nounfloat, nounfloor, verbfly, nounflyfishing, nounfly half, nounflyweight, nounfoil, nounfoothold, nounforward, nounforward roll, nounfoxhunting, nounfun run, nounGaelic football, noungaff, noungame, noungliding, noungo-cart, noungo-kart, noungrand master, nounGrand Prix, noungrid, nounground bait, nounguard, noungym, noungymnast, noungymnastics, nounhandball, nounhang-gliding, nounheadlock, nounheadstand, nounhealth club, nounheavyweight, nounhockey, nounhold, nounhoming pigeon, nounhook, nounhook, verbhot dog, verbhound, nounhunt, verbhunt, nounhunter, nounhunting, nounhunting ground, nounhuntress, nounhunt saboteur, nounhuntsman, nounhurdle, nounhurdle, verbhurling, nounice hockey, nounice rink, nounice skate, nounice-skate, verbinside track, nounisometrics, nounjack, nounjavelin, nounjog, verbjog, nounjogger, nounjogging, nounjudo, nounjujitsu, nounkarate, nounkeeper, nounkickboxing, nounknockout, nounknock-up, nounkung fu, nounlacrosse, nounlanding net, nounlawn bowling, nounlawn tennis, nounlay-up, nounleague, nounlight heavyweight, nounlightweight, nounline-out, nounlock, nounlodge, nounlure, nounmarathon, nounmartial art, nounmat, nounmeet, nounmiddle-distance, adjectivemiddleweight, nounmiler, nounmountaineer, nounmountaineering, nounnet, verbninepins, nounnursery slope, nounobstacle course, nounobstacle race, nounone-two, nounopen season, nounorienteering, nounoutpoint, verbpaddle, nounparagliding, nounparallel bars, nounparasailing, nounparascending, nounpentathlon, nounpicador, nounpin, nounPing-Pong, nounpiste, nounpiton, nounpit stop, nounpole position, nounpolo, nounpommel horse, nounpotholing, nounpress-up, nounprizefight, nounpuck, nounpunch-drunk, adjectivepurse, nounpush-up, nounquarry, nounrace, nounrace car, nounracing car, nounracquetball, nounrally, nounrider, nounrink, nounrock climbing, nounrod, nounround, nounrounders, nounrowing, nounruck, nounrugby, nounRugby League, nounRugby Union, nounrugger, nounrun, verbrun, nounrunner, nounrunning, nounsailboard, nounsailing, nounscramble, nounscrum, nounscrumhalf, nounshadow boxing, nounshoot, verbshooting, nounshot put, nounshuttlecock, nounsit-up, nounskate, nounskate, verbskateboard, nounskating, nounskating rink, nounskeet shooting, nounski, nounski, verbski boot, nounskier, nounskiing, nounski jump, nounski lift, nounskin-diving, nounski pole, nounski run, nounskydiving, nounslalom, nounslow-pitch, nounsnare, nounsnare, verbsnooker, nounsnowboard, nounsoftball, nounspeed skating, nounspeedway, nounspeleology, nounspinner, nounsprint, nounsprinter, nounsquash, nounstar jump, nounsteeplechase, nounstep, nounstrike, nounstroke, nounsumo, nounsurf, verbsurfboard, nounsurfing, nountable tennis, nounT'ai Chi, nounT-ball, nountenpin, nountenpin bowling, nounthrow, verbtoehold, nountouchdown, nountouch football, nountouchline, nountrack, nountrack and field, nountrack event, nountrack meet, nountraining, nountrampoline, nountrap, nountrapeze, nountravel, verbtraverse, nountriathlon, nountriple jump, nountry, nountug-of-war, nountumble, verbtumbling, nounvelodrome, nounvolleyball, nounwater polo, nounwater skiing, nounweigh-in, nounweight, nounweightlifting, nounwelterweight, nounwind-surfing, nounwinter sports, nounwrestler, nounwrestling, nounyacht, nounyardarm, noun ► curls fall/tumble (=hang down)· The child's golden curls fell around her shoulders. ADVERB► backwards· They tumbled backwards together in a happy heap.· Marcus was doubled over and I saw the woman tumbling backwards.· Cora-Beth's foot had slipped between two of the bales and she had tumbled backwards, dragging Harry down on top of her. ► out· You may sense that your words are tumbling out into a kind of void.· The sword splits the tree in half and Adonis tumbles out.· From my second-floor vantage point I could see my classmates as they tumbled out into the quad playing catch with my shoes.· They tumble out of campers, erect tripods and hoist arm-length lenses.· A woman, naked except for an unbuttoned faded red blouse, tumbles out.· The words tumble out, making a sound like the rumble of distant thunder, taking shape, depth, and substance.· The words tumbled out like machine gun fire. ► over· Perhaps a dustbin had tumbled over or another tile been flung from the roof.· Blood spurted from her belly, spraying the stage, and she tumbled over.· Great white clouds rolled above us, tumbling over the mountain summit as if eager to find quieter air.· Firemen secured the bus with ropes to stop it tumbling over the edge before escorting the petrified passengers to safety.· I tumbled over a drunk lying spreadeagled in the close.· It had the desired effect - the gunman tumbled over the top of the fence, landing painfully on his back.· Tulsa is a classic cottage garden, with more than 500 varieties of perennials tumbling over each other in a battle for space.· There was even a small river tumbling over the edge in a waterfall so wind-whipped that it reached the ground as rain. NOUN► hair· Sara hated to think of how she herself must appear with her face devoid of make-up and her hair tumbled.· She was a veritable Venus with her dark eyes and black, curling hair which tumbled down to her shoulders.· Her hair, hastily tumbled in a top-of-the-head ponytail, was growing out from highlights.· Her long blonde hair tumbled artistically about her person.· Her face was long and thin, framed by mousy hair which tumbled down to her shoulders.· Nadia and Selma lay sleeping quietly, their black hair tumbling out of their braids. ► percent· Olivetti shares have tumbled 15 percent since last week as analysts downgraded profit forecasts.· The Commerce Department reported that construction spending tumbled 1. 1 percent in June, the worst showing in six months.· Kmart shares tumbled 13 percent from last week, closing at 7. ► points· The benchmark Nikkei average tumbled 169 points, or 0. 9 percent, to 20, 197.· The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 97. 19 points to 5032. 94.· The 30-stock average tumbled 67. 55 points yesterday. ► price· The increase in rates initially sent London share prices tumbling.· Orders are not met; stock prices can tumble.· For during the 1980s the world price of coal had tumbled dramatically.· The price of gold tumbled to a four-year low.· Market makers took fright, presuming some one knew something they did not, and the price tumbled 30 p.c.· Natural gas prices also tumbled amid concern warmer weather would dampen demand for heating fuels.· Land and building prices are tumbling - far faster even than in the West. ► word· You may sense that your words are tumbling out into a kind of void.· The words tumbled out with such stumbling sincerity that she looked at him, the ice in her eyes melting.· The words tumbled out like machine gun fire.· At first he faltered, and then the words came tumbling out.· The words had tumbled out in anger.· The words tumble out, making a sound like the rumble of distant thunder, taking shape, depth, and substance.· Once you write your list, your thoughts flow faster and the words tumble from one point to the next.· When wound up, which was often, his words fairly tumbled out. VERB► come· Clenches his fist towards heaven and cries for it all to come tumbling around him.· At first he faltered, and then the words came tumbling out.· Then the stage came tumbling down.· And the marriage comes tumbling down as Roth, like a Roth hero, demands to become unbound from marital ties.· As the Holy Spirit filled me, the barriers came tumbling down.· He watched a huge white mountain collapse and come tumbling down on him.· Whole buildings, vehicles, and machinery came tumbling from above, wearing necklaces of fire.· Alfred came downstairs, tumbled into his chair, and Inez jumped up and served him. ► send· His appointment is certain to send morale tumbling at the Smith Square headquarters.· When he opened them to look, Ritchie bopped him with a right that sent him tumbling against the car.· The Vikings thus ended their losing streak at four games, while sending the Raiders tumbling to their third consecutive loss.· Not long after that he was sent tumbling helplessly through space when a cosmonaut unplugged the wrong cable.· She screamed and kicked and sent him tumbling off the bed. ► come tumbling down- Soon her marriage came tumbling down.
- And the marriage comes tumbling down as Roth, like a Roth hero, demands to become unbound from marital ties.
- Another set of walls comes tumbling down.
- As the Holy Spirit filled me, the barriers came tumbling down.
- He watched a huge white mountain collapse and come tumbling down on him.
- One wrong move, we realized with horror, and the doors could come tumbling down.
- The statues came tumbling down all over the Soviet Union.
- Then the stage came tumbling down.
- There is a loud clatter as a stack of circuit boards comes tumbling down.
1[always + adverb/preposition] to fall down quickly and suddenly, especially with a rolling movementtumble over/backwards/down She lost her balance and tumbled backwards. A few stones came tumbling down the cliff.2[always + adverb/preposition] to move in an uncontrolled waytumble into/through/out etc We tumbled out into the street.3if prices or figures tumble, they go down suddenly and by a large amount: Oil prices have tumbled.tumble to Mortgage rates tumbled to their lowest level for 25 years.4[always + adverb/preposition] literary if someone’s hair tumbles down, it is long, thick, and curly: Her long dark hair tumbled over her shoulders.5literary if words tumble out of someone’s mouth, they speak very quickly because they are excited or upsettumble out/over The words tumbled out as if he hardly knew what to say first.6[always + adverb/preposition] if water tumbles somewhere, it flows there quickly: A narrow stream tumbled over the rocks.7come tumbling down a)if something comes tumbling down, it falls suddenly to the ground: Removing the debris could cause the rest of the building to come tumbling down. b)if a system, problem etc comes tumbling down, it suddenly stops working or existing: In the last year, barriers have come tumbling down.8American English to do tumblingtumble1 verbtumble2 noun tumbletumble2 noun [countable] - That's quite a tumble you took.
- Creed tripped over something lying in the grass and even his head-over-heels tumble seemed lazy and unreal.
- In certain light the sea goes green, a slow dullish tumble he watches from the deck.
- In the doorway stands 2-year-old Davell Payne, a few feet from a potentially fatal tumble down the stairwell.
- Payton, meanwhile, took a tumble to the floor and had Mark Bryant fall on him, bruising his back.
- This soft green womb formed an oasis of peace in the chaotic tumble that was Fashion Avenue.
- This started a real rough and tumble, with people falling or being pushed to the ground amongst the debris.
- With its glass-reinforced-plastic exterior, the Minipod probably could survive such a tumble.
► take a tumble It’s possible that stocks could take a tumble next year. ► curls fall/tumble (=hang down)· The child's golden curls fell around her shoulders. ADJECTIVE► rough· This started a real rough and tumble, with people falling or being pushed to the ground amongst the debris.· After a lifetime in politics he knows all about the rough and tumble of public life.· She's only small and she's not used to such rough and tumble.· No constitution is ever safe above the rough and tumble of political life.· One of those cowardly specimens who observably flinched in the football tackle or too noticeably avoided the sporadic playground rough and tumble.· This would have to be remembered in the rough and tumble of debate.· In the rough and tumble of my street there was less luxuriance.· In the rough and tumble atmosphere of the dealing room, nobody seemed to care. NOUN► drier· Even the washing machine and tumble drier have long been overtaken by advances in white goods technology.· The Bakers had to take all our clothes and put them through the tumble drier!· But it found that anything that produces water vapour - unvented tumble driers, for example - pushed up damp levels significantly.· This was a partitioned area at the back of the kitchen which housed the washing machine, tumble drier and ironing stuff.· Geoffrey dropped his hand down and turned on the tumble drier, it jerked and rumbled behind Noddy.· You could put the tumble drier on at 2.30 instead of 4.30 in the afternoon.· FoE pinpointed fridges, light bulbs, washing machines, dishwashers, televisions, and tumble driers as energy wasters. ► dryer· And the tumble dryer, was it still turning or was it the sound of the Meloch that was always with us? VERB► take· The prejudice of several centuries is about to take a tumble.· Payton, meanwhile, took a tumble to the floor and had Mark Bryant fall on him, bruising his back.· Millions of viewers saw presenter Howard Leader take the tumble wearing dark glasses and clutching a white stick.· Should the stock market take a big tumble anytime soon, at least one investor is well positioned to benefit.· True, the share price recently took a frightening tumble, but local activity has been maintained. a fall, especially from a high place or level: It’s possible that stocks could take a tumble next year. → rough and tumble |