Tumble
verb
To fall unexpectedly or suddenly.
He tumbled down the stairs
Often appears as...
- tumble down
- tumble over
verb
To decrease rapidly in value or amount.
The company's stocks tumbled after the news broke out
Often appears as...
- tumble down
- tumble rapidly
Usage tips
Disapproving
Financial
verb
To move in a clumsy or awkward manner, typically with a rolling motion.
The children tumbled on the grass
Often appears as...
- tumble onto
- tumble around
verb
To understand or realize something suddenly.
He finally tumbled to what was happening
Often appears as...
- tumble to the truth
- tumble to the meaning
Usage tips
Neutral
Idiomatic
noun
A sudden or headlong fall.
She took a tumble down the stairs
Often appears as...
- take a tumble
- a disastrous tumble
verb
To perform acrobatic exercises, typically involving somersaults and rolls.
The gymnast tumbled effortlessly
Often appears as...
- tumble through
- tumble across
Usage tips
Approving
Sports
verb
To fall unexpectedly or suddenly.
He tumbled down the stairs
Often appears as...
- tumble down
- tumble over
verb
To decrease rapidly in value or amount.
The company's stocks tumbled after the news broke out
Often appears as...
- tumble down
- tumble rapidly
Usage tips
Disapproving
Financial
verb
To move in a clumsy or awkward manner, typically with a rolling motion.
The children tumbled on the grass
Often appears as...
- tumble onto
- tumble around
verb
To understand or realize something suddenly.
He finally tumbled to what was happening
Often appears as...
- tumble to the truth
- tumble to the meaning
Usage tips
Neutral
Idiomatic
noun
A sudden or headlong fall.
She took a tumble down the stairs
Often appears as...
- take a tumble
- a disastrous tumble
verb
To perform acrobatic exercises, typically involving somersaults and rolls.
The gymnast tumbled effortlessly
Often appears as...
- tumble through
- tumble across
Usage tips
Approving
Sports
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Drop
Tumble implies a quick, uncontrollable fall, often leading to confusion or surprise.
As she raced to the bus, she tumbled over a rock.
Pro Tip 2/3Accidental Movement
Tumble usually suggests the fall was not planned or expected.
Distracted by his phone, he tumbled off the curb.
Pro Tip 3/3Motion Hint
When someone tumbles, they may roll or flip in addition to falling.
The hiker tumbled down the hill, rolling over rocks.
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Drop
Tumble implies a quick, uncontrollable fall, often leading to confusion or surprise.
As she raced to the bus, she tumbled over a rock.
Pro Tip 2/3Accidental Movement
Tumble usually suggests the fall was not planned or expected.
Distracted by his phone, he tumbled off the curb.
Pro Tip 3/3Motion Hint
When someone tumbles, they may roll or flip in addition to falling.
The hiker tumbled down the hill, rolling over rocks.
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Drop
Tumble implies a quick, uncontrollable fall, often leading to confusion or surprise.
As she raced to the bus, she tumbled over a rock.
Pro Tip 2/3Accidental Movement
Tumble usually suggests the fall was not planned or expected.
Distracted by his phone, he tumbled off the curb.
Pro Tip 3/3Motion Hint
When someone tumbles, they may roll or flip in addition to falling.
The hiker tumbled down the hill, rolling over rocks.
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How you can use impostor...
Without thinking, I fired off a bunch of tweets, challenging them and saying were they really serious about this. And in doing so, I managed to kick a very small rock off a very big hill that turned into an avalanche that I found myself tumbling in the middle of. Because you see, a few hours later, Elon tweeted me back and said
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Get comfortable with...
If we made that a point, we'd understand that, for the times when we need help, we wouldn't have to look around so hard if we made sure we were somebody else's help. And there are times when I feel like I have taken very public tumbles and falls, like the time when I was asked to speak at a conference,
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Paper Airplanes: The...
forever you can make a phone book fly yes this is a tumbling wing it's just one long strip of paper with a few creases in it the tumbling wing works best with thin sheets of paper like you'd find in a phone book so go in a time machine and go find a phone book to fly the tumbling wing you get a flat
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3 myths about the future...
And once again, people displaced from tasks in the old bit of pie could tumble into tasks in the new bit of pie instead. Economists call these effects complementarities, but really that's just a fancy word to capture the different way that technological progress helps human beings.
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From the top of the food...
on the returning shrubs. Bison numbers rose as they browsed the revitalized forests. The wolves changed almost everything. This is an example of a trophic cascade, a change at the top of the food chain that tumbles all the way to the bottom, affecting every level.
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Puppy Adopted By Cat...
dogs pack life requires fighting for your share in the rough and tumble of competing mouths this puppy breaks all of the cat's social conventions his wild instincts express themselves despite his unusual family
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How I'm using LEGO to...
It's because we are all made of the same building unit, is that I can see a future where the barriers between people all come tumbling down. So no matter how ugly the world around us gets,
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12 sustainable design...
That's a geranium pollen. And its shape is what gives it the function of being able to tumble through air so easily. Look at that shape. Life adds information to matter.
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Bill T. Jones PIPE The...
and white body went tumbling over the embankment I am fed to her third in the family law that polecat don't paid off he went spinning into infinity he went
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The best kindergarten...
My point is don't control them, don't protect them too much, and they need to tumble sometimes. They need to get some injury.
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How you can use impostor...
Without thinking, I fired off a bunch of tweets, challenging them and saying were they really serious about this. And in doing so, I managed to kick a very small rock off a very big hill that turned into an avalanche that I found myself tumbling in the middle of. Because you see, a few hours later, Elon tweeted me back and said
Video examples
Get comfortable with...
If we made that a point, we'd understand that, for the times when we need help, we wouldn't have to look around so hard if we made sure we were somebody else's help. And there are times when I feel like I have taken very public tumbles and falls, like the time when I was asked to speak at a conference,
Video examples
Paper Airplanes: The...
forever you can make a phone book fly yes this is a tumbling wing it's just one long strip of paper with a few creases in it the tumbling wing works best with thin sheets of paper like you'd find in a phone book so go in a time machine and go find a phone book to fly the tumbling wing you get a flat
Video examples
3 myths about the future...
And once again, people displaced from tasks in the old bit of pie could tumble into tasks in the new bit of pie instead. Economists call these effects complementarities, but really that's just a fancy word to capture the different way that technological progress helps human beings.
Video examples
From the top of the food...
on the returning shrubs. Bison numbers rose as they browsed the revitalized forests. The wolves changed almost everything. This is an example of a trophic cascade, a change at the top of the food chain that tumbles all the way to the bottom, affecting every level.
Video examples
Puppy Adopted By Cat...
dogs pack life requires fighting for your share in the rough and tumble of competing mouths this puppy breaks all of the cat's social conventions his wild instincts express themselves despite his unusual family
Video examples
How I'm using LEGO to...
It's because we are all made of the same building unit, is that I can see a future where the barriers between people all come tumbling down. So no matter how ugly the world around us gets,
Video examples
12 sustainable design...
That's a geranium pollen. And its shape is what gives it the function of being able to tumble through air so easily. Look at that shape. Life adds information to matter.
Video examples
Bill T. Jones PIPE The...
and white body went tumbling over the embankment I am fed to her third in the family law that polecat don't paid off he went spinning into infinity he went
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The best kindergarten...
My point is don't control them, don't protect them too much, and they need to tumble sometimes. They need to get some injury.
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Paul Walker
American Actor
Surfing big waves is not an extreme sport to me. I fall off, tumble down, and come up. My heart's racing because I'm thinking I almost drowned, and I thank God I can breathe again, but I always think, 'What am I hitting?' Water.
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Jackie Robinson
American Baseball Player
The black press, some liberal sportswriters, and even a few politicians were banging away at those Jim Crow barriers in baseball. I never expected the walls to come tumbling down in my lifetime.
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Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
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Adam West
American Actor
In a very real sense, I represent pop culture in an iconic way. It's been very good to me, so anything I can do to help the fans to tumble along - it's good.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world.
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Molly Bloom
American Author
I was in the company of movie stars, important directors, and powerful business tycoons. I felt like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole.
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Tobias Harris
You understand in this league that if you don't win, everybody's stock tumbles.
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Keir Starmer
British Politician
I'm absolutely fine with the rough and tumble of politics.
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Aly Raisman
American Athlete
Tumbling has always been my favorite.
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Chris Harris
British Journalist
I love a bit of rough and tumble.
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Paul Walker
American Actor
Surfing big waves is not an extreme sport to me. I fall off, tumble down, and come up. My heart's racing because I'm thinking I almost drowned, and I thank God I can breathe again, but I always think, 'What am I hitting?' Water.
Quote examples
Jackie Robinson
American Baseball Player
The black press, some liberal sportswriters, and even a few politicians were banging away at those Jim Crow barriers in baseball. I never expected the walls to come tumbling down in my lifetime.
Quote examples
Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
Quote examples
Adam West
American Actor
In a very real sense, I represent pop culture in an iconic way. It's been very good to me, so anything I can do to help the fans to tumble along - it's good.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world.
Quote examples
Molly Bloom
American Author
I was in the company of movie stars, important directors, and powerful business tycoons. I felt like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole.
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Tobias Harris
You understand in this league that if you don't win, everybody's stock tumbles.
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Keir Starmer
British Politician
I'm absolutely fine with the rough and tumble of politics.
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Aly Raisman
American Athlete
Tumbling has always been my favorite.
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Chris Harris
British Journalist
I love a bit of rough and tumble.
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