tumble
To fall end over end; to roll over and overTo fall end over end; to roll over and over.
» The child tumbled down the stairs.
Das Kind stürzte die Treppe hinunter.
Ребенок упал с лестницы.
Meaning
10 senses(intransitive)To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
stolpern, herunterstürzen, herunterfallen
ру́шитьсяrúšitʹsja, обру́шитьсяobrúšitʹsja, опроки́дыватьсяoprokídyvatʹsja
roll over and over, back and forth
(transitive)To throw headlong.
throw together in a confused mass
(intransitive)To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
(intransitive)To drop rapidly.
Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure.
purzeln
(transitive)To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
(informal, intransitive)To have sexual intercourse.
(intransitive)To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
to tumble a bed
To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
(UK, obsolete, slang)To comprehend; often in tumble to.
cause to topple or tumble by pushing
Examples
53 sentencesThe child tumbled down the stairs.
ruРебенок упал с лестницы.
deDas Kind stürzte die Treppe hinunter.
Tom tumbled down the stairs.
deTom stürzte die Treppe hinunter.
He came tumbling down the hill.
deEr kam den Hügel heruntergestürzt.
We don't have a tumble dryer.
deWir haben keinen Wäschetrockner.
The price of rice has tumbled.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English tumblen (“to fall over and over again, tumble”), frequentative of MiddFrom Middle English tumblen (“to fall over and over again, tumble”), frequentative of Middle English tumben (“to fall, leap, dance”), from Old English tumbian, from Proto-West Germanic *tumbōn, tūmōn, from Proto-Germanic *tumbōną, tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”). Cognate with Middle Dutch tumelen (whence Dutch tuimelen), Middle Low German tumelen, tummelen, German taumeln, Danish tumle, Swedish tumla, tumbla (“to tumble”), Faroese tumla, tumbla (“to walk heavily and noisily, stagger”).
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Forms
tumbles, tumbling, tumbled, tumbledPhrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbsSynonyms
126 synonymsWord family
25 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle