Synonyms:
tumble
Meaning: an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
tumble, topple
Meaning: fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
Synonyms:
topple, tumble, tip
Meaning: cause to topple or tumble by pushing
Synonyms:
tumble
Meaning: roll over and over, back and forth
Synonyms:
whirl, tumble, whirl_around
Meaning: fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
Synonyms:
crumble, crumple, tumble, break_down, collapse
Meaning: fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
Usage examples
A Terrible Tumble Through a Tube
They tumble over one another and try in their bewilderment which can leap highest and farthest.
They had a rough and tumble scrimmage in the cold water, coming out choking, dripping and laughing.
When they did finally tumble in and pull the blankets over them they were unable to sleep, between the howling of the coyotes and their laughter over Stacy Brown's new-found talent.
But you have got on bravely, and I think the burdens are in a fair way to tumble off very soon," said Mr. March, looking with fatherly satisfaction at the four young faces gathered round him.
Three streams, straying from the far-away mountains, and fed by their melted snows and hidden springs, find their way through the forest, leap and tumble over the cliff, and, passing through the little settlement, reach the sea.
There was also climbing Vesuvius. In this game the baby walks up you, and when he is standing on your shoulders, you shout as loud as you can, which is the rumbling of the burning mountain, and then tumble him gently on to the floor, and roll him there, which is the destruction of Pompeii.