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Webster 1913 Edition
Tumble
Tum′ble
(tŭm′b’l)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tumbled
(tŭm′b’ld)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tumbling
(tŭm′blĭng)
.] [OE.
tumblen
, AS. tumbian
to turn heels over head, to dance violently; akin to D. tuimelen
to fall, Sw. tumla
, Dan. tumle
, Icel. tumba
; and cf. G. taumeln
to reel, to stagger.] 1.
To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one’s self about;
as, a person in pain
. tumbles
and tosses2.
To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated;
as, to
. tumble
from a scaffoldHe who
tumbles
from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill. South.
3.
To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
Rowe.
To tumble home
(Naut.)
, to incline inward, as the sides of a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth; – used esp. in the phrase tumbling home. Cf.
Wall-sided
.Tum′ble
,Verb.
T.
1.
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 papers2.
To disturb; to rumple;
as, to
. tumble
a bedTum′ble
,Noun.
Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tumble
TUM'BLE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To roll; to roll about by turning one way and the other; as, a person in pain tumbles and tosses.2.
To fall; to come down suddenly and violently; as, to tumble from a scaffold.3.
To roll down. The stone of Sisyphus is said to have tumbled to the bottom, as soon as it was carried up the hill.4.
To play mountebank tricks.TUM'BLE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.To tumble out, to throw or roll out; as, to tumble out casks from a store.
To tumble down, to throw down carelessly.
TUM'BLE
,Noun.