Category:Tumble

Tum"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tumbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tumbling.] Etym: [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.]

1. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a Person on pain tumbles and tosses.

2. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; As, to tumble from a scaffold. He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who Slides from a molehill. South.

3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; To perform the feats of an acrobat. Rowe. To tumble home (naut.), to Incline inward, as the sides of a vessel, above the bends or extreme Breadth; -- used esp. in the phrase tumbling home. Cf. Wall-sided.

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 papers.

2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.

Tumble Tum"ble, n.

Defn: act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.