tumble.
A fall, especially end over end.
Meaning & usage
A fall, especially end over end.
I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.
A disorderly heap.
An act of sexual intercourse.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *tūmōną Proto-West Germanic *tumbōn Old English tumbiander. Middle English tumben Middle English tumblen English tumble From Middle English tumblen (“to fall over and over again, tumble”), frequentative of Middle English tumben (“to fall, leap, dance”), from Old English tumbian, from Proto-West Germanic *tumbōn, tūmōn, from Proto-Germanic *tumbōną, tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”). Cognate with Middle Dutch tumelen (whence Dutch tuimelen), Middle Low German tumelen, tummelen, German taumeln, Danish tumle, Swedish tumla, tumbla (“to tumble”), Faroese tumla, tumbla (“to walk heavily and noisily, stagger”).
To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
To throw headlong.
To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
To drop rapidly.
Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure.
To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
To have sexual intercourse.
To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
to tumble a bed
To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
To comprehend; often in tumble to.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *tūmōną Proto-West Germanic *tumbōn Old English tumbiander. Middle English tumben Middle English tumblen English tumble From Middle English tumblen (“to fall over and over again, tumble”), frequentative of Middle English tumben (“to fall, leap, dance”), from Old English tumbian, from Proto-West Germanic *tumbōn, tūmōn, from Proto-Germanic *tumbōną, tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”). Cognate with Middle Dutch tumelen (whence Dutch tuimelen), Middle Low German tumelen, tummelen, German taumeln, Danish tumle, Swedish tumla, tumbla (“to tumble”), Faroese tumla, tumbla (“to walk heavily and noisily, stagger”).
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