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tumble
English
- 🔊 an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
- 🔊 a sudden drop from an upright position“he had a nasty spill on the ice”
- 🔊 do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
- 🔊 suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
- 🔊 put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying“Wash in warm water and tumble dry”
- 🔊 fall suddenly and sharply“Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency”
- 🔊 throw together in a confused mass“They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern”
- 🔊 roll over and over, back and forth
- 🔊 fall down, as if collapsing“The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it”
- 🔊 fly around“The clothes tumbled in the dryer”
- 🔊 cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- 🔊 fall apart“the building crumbled after the explosion”
- 🔊 understand, usually after some initial difficulty“She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on”
Spanish
- 🔊 revolcón tumble