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tumbling

verb noun

To fall end over end; to roll over and over.

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Word length
8
Starts with
T
Ends with
G
Contains
UM
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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verb

  1. To fall end over end; to roll over and over.

  2. To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.

  3. To drop rapidly.

    “Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure.”

  4. To smoothe and polish, e.g., gemstones or pebbles, by means of a rotating tumbler.

  5. To have sexual intercourse.

  6. To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.

  7. To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.

    “to tumble a bed”

  8. (cryptocurrency) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.

noun

  1. The act of something that tumbles.

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Example Sentences

Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure.
to tumble a bed

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