Definition of tumble

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Tumble (v. t.) To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers..

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Tousle :: Tousle (v. t.) To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse.
Wall-sided :: Wall-sided (a.) Having sides nearly perpendicular; -- said of certain vessels to distinguish them from those having flaring sides, or sides tumbling home (see under Tumble, v. i.)..
Nut :: Nut (n.) The tumbler of a gunlock.
Stumble :: Stumble (v. t.) Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall.
Offend :: Offend (v. t.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
Fence :: Fence (n.) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking..
Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice..
Tumble :: Tumble (v. i.) To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold..
Stumble :: Stumble (n.) A trip in walking or running.
Turner :: Turner (n.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
Stumble :: Stumble (v. i.) To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against..
Wallop :: Wallop (v. t.) To throw or tumble over.
Welter :: Welter (v. i.) To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow..
Tumbledung :: Tumbledung (n.) Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it..
Trip :: Trip (n. i.) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble..
Titubate :: Titubate (v. i.) To stumble.
Ruinate :: Ruinate (v. i.) To fall; to tumble.
Voltigeur :: Voltigeur (n.) A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter.
Scaraboid :: Scaraboid (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles..
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