Thesaurus: tumble

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1. v. i. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
2. v. i. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
3. v. i. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
4. v. t. 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 papers.
5. v. t. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
6. n. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
7. n. an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
8. n. a sudden drop from an upright position
9. v. fall down, as if collapsing
10. v. cause to topple or tumble by pushing
11. v. roll over and over, back and forth
12. v. fly around