TUMBLE

• (noun) a sudden drop from an upright position

  "he had a nasty spill on the ice"

  synonyms : fall , spill

• (noun) an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end

• (verb) do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully

• (verb) suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat

• (verb) 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"

• (verb) fall suddenly and sharply

  "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"

• (verb) understand, usually after some initial difficulty

  "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"

  synonyms : catch on , cotton on , get it , get onto , get wise , latch on , twig

• (verb) throw together in a confused mass

  "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"

• (verb) roll over and over, back and forth

• (verb) fall down, as if collapsing

  "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

  synonyms : topple

• (verb) fall apart

  "the building crumbled after the explosion", "Negotiations broke down"

  synonyms : break down , collapse , crumble , crumple

• (verb) fly around

  "The clothes tumbled in the dryer", "rising smoke whirled in the air"

  synonyms : whirl , whirl around

• (verb) cause to topple or tumble by pushing

  synonyms : tip , topple

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for tumble

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