tumble

1. v. i. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses. Source: opted

2. v. i. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold. Source: opted

3. v. i. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

5. v. t. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed. Source: opted

6. n. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall. Source: opted

7. n. an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end Source: wordnet

8. n. a sudden drop from an upright position Source: wordnet

9. v. fall down, as if collapsing Source: wordnet

10. v. cause to topple or tumble by pushing Source: wordnet

11. v. roll over and over, back and forth Source: wordnet

12. v. fly around Source: wordnet

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