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tumble

noun
  1. a sudden drop from an upright position
    fall
  2. an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
verb
  1. do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
  2. suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
  3. put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
    “Wash in warm water and tumble dry”
  4. fall suddenly and sharply
    “Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency”
  5. understand, usually after some initial difficulty
    twigget wiseget ontolatch oncotton onget itcatch on
  6. throw together in a confused mass
    “They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern”
  7. roll over and over, back and forth
  8. fall down, as if collapsing
    “The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it”
    topple
  9. fall apart
    collapsebreak downcrumblecrumple
  10. fly around
    “The clothes tumbled in the dryer”
    whirlwhirl around
  11. cause to topple or tumble by pushing
    tiptopple