tumble
跌倒,翻滚,翻跟头,跌倒的
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Definitions
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tum·bled, tum·bling.
- : to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong: to tumble down the stairs.
- : to roll end over end, as in falling: The stones tumbled down the hill.
- : to fall or decline rapidly; drop: Prices on the stock market tumbled today.
- : to perform gymnastic feats of skill and agility, as leaps or somersaults.
- : to fall suddenly from a position of power or authority; suffer overthrow: As one dictator tumbles, another is rising to take his place.
- : to fall in ruins, as from age or decay; collapse; topple: The walls of the old mansion tumbled down upon the intruders.
- : to roll about by turning one way and another; pitch about; toss.
- : to stumble or fall: to tumble over a sled.
- : to go, come, get, etc., in a hasty and confused way: The people tumbled out of the theater. He tumbled hurriedly into his clothes.
- : Informal. to understand or become aware of some fact or circumstance: He finally tumbled to what they were doing.
- : Rocketry. to rotate without control end over end.
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tum·bled, tum·bling.
- : to cause to fall or roll end over end; throw over or down.
- : to throw or toss about; cause disarray, as in handling or searching.
- : to put in a disordered or rumpled condition.
- : to throw, cast, put, send, etc., in a precipitate, hasty, or rough manner.
- : to cause to fall from a position of authority or power; overthrow; topple: They tumbled him from his throne.
- : to cause to fall or collapse in ruins: The wreckers tumbled the walls of the building.
- : to subject to the action of a tumbling box.
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- : an act of tumbling or falling.
- : a gymnastic or acrobatic feat.
- : an accidental fall; spill.
- : a drop in value, as of stocks.
- : a fall from a position of power or authority: The great director took a tumble when he was replaced by a newcomer.
- : a response indicating interest, affection, etc.: She wouldn't give me a tumble.
- : tumbled condition; disorder or confusion.
- : a confused heap: a tumble of papers, ashes, pens, and keys on the desk.
- : Chiefly New England. a haycock.
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Examples
The violence has once again left victims’ families with a tumble of emotions — grief, anger, confusion.
As the US economy continues to open up, the April jobs report from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the boom in delivery jobs has taken a tumble.
The best ski helmets overall offer comfort, protection from the elements, and safeguarding from the unique types of impacts one might encounter when taking a tumble in the snow.
I’ve blasted through pow shots and have taken some big tumbles.
It wasn’t just the big players — customer service company Zendesk and security firm Okta also dropped Parler as a customer, furthering its tumble off the Web.
At any moment, the slightest loss in concentration could see a disastrous tumble.
His youngest son, Orange Scott, was a rough-and-tumble trickster and a terrible tease.
No friend of liberty can avoid the tumble back and forth between Burke and Paine.
Mandelbaum began her climb to the top of the crime world as a peddler on the rough-and-tumble, bustling streets of New York City.
Flecks of frosting tumble in slow motion to light on his belly, which gently swells beneath a black sweater.
He could hardly walk up the rickety front steps of the old tumble-down house, and his thirteen-year-old son had to help him.
A good man mixes with the world in the rough-and-tumble, and takes his share of the dangers, and the falls, and the temptations.
I shall be so afraid that the roof will tumble in, or somebody come down the chimney to catch me, that I shant sleep a wink.
The third skulker took advantage of the cessation of firing to tumble down from his perch and fly for his life.
I hope you will appreciate my devotion; in a tumble-down old house, near the ramparts.