tumble

Meaning

Noun

1. A fall, especially end over end.
2. A disorderly heap.
3. (informal) An act of sexual intercourse.

Verb

1. To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
2. To throw headlong.
3. To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
4. To drop rapidly.
5. To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
6. (informal) To have sexual intercourse.
7. To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
8. To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
9. To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
10. (obsolete,slang) To comprehend; often in tumble to.

Synonyms

fall

topple

fall down

drop

collapse

roll

overthrow

somersault

slip

roll over

spill

slump

overturn

upset

break down

stumble

whirl around

latch on

bring down

whirl

tip

tip over

crash

trip

keel over

turn

turnover

crumble

crumple

twig

catch on

vault

break

welter

get it

get onto

plummet

plunge

get wise

capsize

confusion

cotton on

get

get around

helter-skelter

hugger mugger

implode

invert

jog

jumble

knock over

log

make out

mill

mix up

muss

overbalance

overrule

perceive

perplexity

poke at

pour

pour out

push down

quake

ratchet

realize

revolve

roll in

rolling

rotate

rub

run

rush

shake

sideswipe

sink

slide

snap

spin

stagnate

strike down

subside

subvert

swirl

tear down

tilt

touch

transfuse

troll

🧌

turned over

turn over

twiddle

twirl

twist

undo

upturn

wallow

whirlpool

wipeout

agnise

go head over heels

in disorder

mill about

roll about

take a tumble

toss and turn

be precipitated

air

crack

fall face down wards

plunge down

tumble about

practise rope-dancing

tump over

tew

fall down to crumble

appreciate

collapse to go down

apprehend

bag

bewilderment

bouncing

bowl over

buck

capsizing

cartwheel

chaotically

chop down

clew

clue

clutter

coldcock

come down

cut

cut down

decrease

dehydrate

demolish

desiccate

disarray

discomfiture

discomposure

dislocation

disorder

displacement

dive

down

downfall

drop down

dry out

dump

embroilment

fall over

fell

figure

figure out

flip

flop

fogginess

Hyphenated as

tum‧ble

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtʌmbl̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tumblen

Cognate with Middle Dutch: tumelen

Cognate with Dutch: tuimelen

Cognate with Middle Low German: tumelen

Cognate with German: taumeln

Cognate with Danish: tumle

In summary

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-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”). Cognate with Middle Dutch tumelen (whence Dutch tuimelen), Middle Low German tumelen, tummelen, German taumeln and Danish tumle.