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[ tuhm-bling ] / ˈtʌm blɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tumbling ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act, practice, or art of performing acrobatic tumbles, usually on a mat or the ground. Origin of tumblingFirst recorded in 1375–1425, tumbling is from the late Middle English word tomblyng.See tumble, -ing1 Words nearby tumblingtumbler, tumbler gear, tumbler switch, tumble to, tumbleweed, tumbling, tumbling barrel, tumbling box, tumbrel, tumefacient, tumefaction Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tumblingBut amid their tumbling words describing their woes, they express disbelief much will come from the talks. Why Geneva 2 Won’t Stop Syria’s War|Jamie Dettmer|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was that spectacular and it went on for an hour or two… a mass display of gymnastics and dancing and tumbling. How to Hide a Famine with Ping-Pong|Nicholas Griffin|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST I want to feel that rolling, tumbling momentum, like a barrel sent blind downhill. How I Write: Paul Lynch|Noah Charney|December 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST So, again, I hope the Democrats in the Senate take note of the dominoes that are tumbling here because they stood together. The Party of No Flirts With Yes as Mitch McConnell’s Grip on the GOP Slips|Michael Tomasky|July 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But budge they must, and budge on spending cuts the Democrats must too, or else tumbling down the hill we will go. Fiscal Cliff Countdown: What the Principals Want|Abby Haglage|December 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST Far ahead they could see the Wireless looking like a speck on the tumbling waters. Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise|Louis Arundel Rushing up three different gulches, the sledges, with tumbling human forms as freight, advanced to battle. My Attainment of the Pole|Frederick A. Cook But, having cracked his skull by tumbling off a ladder, he became an able lawyer, as you are aware. Madge assured herself as she made successive thrusts into the old log, tumbling out knives, forks and spoons. The Missing Formula|Mildred A. Wirt, AKA Ann Wirt The chaplain, tumbling down somehow from his mount, picked up the writhing boy and bundled him across the saddle. The Shepherd of the North|Richard Aumerle Maher
Words related to tumblingplunging, rolling, gymnastics, somersaults |