tumble
To fall end over end; to roll over and overTo fall end over end; to roll over and over.
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» The child tumbled down the stairs.
Das Kind stürzte die Treppe hinunter. — Dani6187
Ребенок упал с лестницы. — wondersz1
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Examples
50 sentencesMeaning
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
(intransitive)To drop rapidly.
Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure.
purzeln
To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
to tumble a bed
More meanings 7
(transitive)To throw headlong.
(intransitive)To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
(transitive)To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
(intransitive)To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
(informal, intransitive)To have sexual intercourse.
(UK, obsolete, slang)To comprehend; often in tumble to.
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, tumbledTenses
tumble · tumbled · will tumble · have tumbledPhrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbsSynonyms
17 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
See also
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