tumble
101tumble — verb 1) he tumbled over Syn: fall (over/down), topple over, lose one s balance, take a spill, trip (up), stumble 2) oil prices tumbled Syn: plummet, plunge, dive, nosedive, drop …
102tumble — tum•ble [[t]ˈtʌm bəl[/t]] v. bled, bling, n. 1) to fall helplessly down, esp. headfirst 2) to roll end over end, as in falling 3) to fall or decline rapidly; drop: Prices on the stock exchange tumbled[/ex] 4) to perform gymnastic feats of skill,… …
103tumble — tumb|le vb., r, de, t (tørretumble) …
104tumble — Hā ule (from a height); hina (topple); down, collapse, hiolo …
105tumble to — Understand …
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107To tumble home — Tumble Tum ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tumbling}.] [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… …
108tumble home — 1. Naut. an inward and upward slope of the middle body of a vessel. 2. Also, tumblehome. a similar shape for the body of an automobile. [1825 35] * * * …
109tumble dry — verb a) To make or become dry by rolling about in the heated rotating drum of a clothes dryer b) To dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder …
110tumble dryer — noun An electrical device that dries clothes in a rotating drum which tumbles the clothes in a flow of hot air. Syn: clothes drier …
