tumble
A fall, especially end over endA fall, especially end over end.
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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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3 sensesA fall, especially end over end.
I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.
Sturz, Fall, Überschlag
паде́ниеpadénije, кувырка́ниеkuvyrkánije
an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
A disorderly heap.
(informal)An act of sexual intercourse.
Examples
53 sentencesThe child tumbled down the stairs.
ruРебенок упал с лестницы. — wondersz1
deDas Kind stürzte die Treppe hinunter. — Dani6187
Tom tumbled down the stairs.
deTom stürzte die Treppe hinunter. — Dani6187
He came tumbling down the hill.
deEr kam den Hügel heruntergestürzt. — Dani6187
We don't have a tumble dryer.
deWir haben keinen Wäschetrockner. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The price of rice has tumbled.
Translations
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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
plural: tumblesSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsSee also
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