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tumble
A fall, especially end over end.
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noun
A fall, especially end over end.
“I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.”
A disorderly heap.
An act of sexual intercourse.
verb
To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
To drop rapidly.
“Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure.”
To smoothe and polish, e.g., gemstones or pebbles, by means of a rotating tumbler.
To have sexual intercourse.
To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
“to tumble a bed”
(cryptocurrency) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
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I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.
Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure.
to tumble a bed
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