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tumble

English

  1. 🔊 an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
  2. 🔊 a sudden drop from an upright position
    “he had a nasty spill on the ice”
  3. 🔊 do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
  4. 🔊 suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
  5. 🔊 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”
  6. 🔊 fall suddenly and sharply
    “Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency”
  7. 🔊 throw together in a confused mass
    “They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern”
  8. 🔊 roll over and over, back and forth
  9. 🔊 fall down, as if collapsing
    “The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it”
  10. 🔊 fly around
    “The clothes tumbled in the dryer”
  11. 🔊 cause to topple or tumble by pushing
  12. 🔊 fall apart
    “the building crumbled after the explosion”
  13. 🔊 understand, usually after some initial difficulty
    “She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 revolcón tumble

Similar words

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