noun
- An acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end.
- A sudden drop from an upright position.
- usage: "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
verb
- Fall down, as if collapsing.
- usage: "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
- synonyms: topple
- Cause to topple or tumble by pushing.
- Roll over and over, back and forth.
- Fly around.
- usage: "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
- synonyms: whirl, whirl around
- Fall apart.
- usage: "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
- synonyms: crumble, crumple, break down, collapse
- Throw together in a confused mass.
- usage: "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"
- Understand, usually after some initial difficulty.
- usage: "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
- Fall suddenly and sharply.
- usage: "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"
- Put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying.
- usage: "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"
- Suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat.
- Do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully. .
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