tumble

tumble
[[t]tʌ̱mb(ə)l[/t]]
tumbles, tumbling, tumbled
1) VERB If someone or something tumbles somewhere, they fall there with a rolling or bouncing movement.

[V prep/adv] A small boy tumbled off a third floor fire escape...

[V prep/adv] The dog had tumbled down the cliff...

[V prep/adv] He fell to the ground, and the gun tumbled out of his hand.

N-COUNT: usu sing
Tumble is also a noun.

He injured his ribs in a tumble from his horse.

2) VERB If prices or levels of something are tumbling, they are decreasing rapidly. [JOURNALISM]

[V by/from/to amount] House prices have tumbled by almost 30 per cent in real terms since mid-1989...

Share prices continued to tumble today on the Tokyo stock market.

[V-ing] ...tumbling inflation. [Also V amount]

N-COUNT: usu sing
Tumble is also a noun.

Oil prices took a tumble yesterday.

3) VERB If water tumbles, it flows quickly over an uneven surface.

[V prep] Waterfalls crash and tumble over rocks.

[V-ing] ...the aromatic pines and tumbling streams of the Zonba Plateau. [Also V]

4) VERB If you say that someone tumbles into a situation or place, you mean that they get into it without being fully in control of themselves or knowing what they are doing. [mainly BRIT]

[V into n] Many mothers and children tumble into poverty after divorce...

[V into n] There's no thought more pleasing than the prospect of tumbling into my apartment and slamming the door.

5) → See also rough and tumble
Phrasal Verbs:

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  • tumble — tum‧ble [ˈtʌmbl] verb [intransitive] JOURNALISM if prices, figures etc tumble, they go down suddenly and by a large amount: • Stock market prices have tumbled over the past week. tumble noun [countable usually singular] : • The announcement… …   Financial and business terms

  • tumble — [tum′bəl] vi. tumbled, tumbling [ME tumblen, freq. of tumben < OE tumbian, to fall, jump, dance; akin to Ger tummeln, taumeln < OHG * tumalon, freq. of tumon, to turn < IE base * dheu , to be turbid > DULL] 1. to do somersaults,… …   English World dictionary

  • Tumble — Tum ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tumbling}.] [OE. tumblen, AS. tumbian to turn heels over head, to dance violently; akin to D. tuimelen to fall, Sw. tumla, Dan. tumle, Icel. tumba; and cf. G. taumeln to reel, to stagger.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tumble — Tum ble, v. t. 1. To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tumble — (v.) c.1300, to perform as an acrobat, also to fall down, perhaps from a frequentative form of O.E. tumbian dance about, of unknown origin. Related to M.L.G. tummelen to turn, dance, Du. tuimelen to tumble, O.H.G. tumon, Ger. taumeln to turn,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • tumble — ► VERB 1) fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong. 2) move in a headlong manner. 3) decrease rapidly in amount or value. 4) rumple; disarrange. 5) (tumble to) informal come to understand; realize. ► NOUN 1) …   English terms dictionary

  • tumble in — ● tumble …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tumble — Tum ble, n. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tumble — index agitate (shake up), disorganize, subvert, upset Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • tumble — [v] fall or make fall awkwardly bowl down, bring down, descend, dip, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disturb, do a pratfall, down, drop, fall headlong*, flatten, floor, flop, go belly up*, go down, hit the dirt*, jumble, keel, keel over, knock… …   New thesaurus

  • tumble — I n. (colloq.) fall 1) to take a tumble 2) a bad, nasty tumble (she took a nasty tumble) 3) a tumble from sign of recognition 4) to give smb. a tumble (they wouldn t give us a tumble) II v. 1) (d; intr.) to tumble into (to tumble into bed) 2) (d; …   Combinatory dictionary

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