Definitions For Tumble

noun

• A sudden drop from an upright position
• An acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
• An act of falling or tumbling
• An athletic movement in which you roll or turn your body across the ground or through the air

verb

• Do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
• Suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
• Put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
• Fall suddenly and sharply
• Understand, usually after some initial difficulty
• Throw together in a confused mass
• Roll over and over, back and forth
• Fall down, as if collapsing
• Fall apart
• Fly around
• Cause to topple or tumble by pushing
• To fall down suddenly and quickly
• To fall forward while turning over
• To fall or drop suddenly in amount, value, etc.