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How to pronounce tumble in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, twig
Type of compass, dig, grasp, grok, comprehend, get the picture, savvy, apprehend
Type Words
Synonyms topple
Type of descend, fall, come down, go down
Has types keel over


The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it.
Type Words
Synonyms tip, topple
Type of force, push
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Synonyms whirl, whirl around
Type of move


The clothes tumbled in the dryer.
Type Words
Synonyms fall, spill
Type of slip, trip
Has types pratfall, wipeout
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Synonyms break down, collapse, crumble, crumple
Type of change integrity
Type Words
Type of acrobatic stunt, acrobatic feat
Has types somersaulting, flip, somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset
Type Words
Type of work out, exercise
Has types roll
Derivation tumbling, tumbler
Type Words
Type of drop


Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency.
Type Words
Type of toss


Wash in warm water and tumble dry.
Type Words
Type of roll over
Derivation tumbler
Type Words
Type of decline, worsen
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Type of scramble, jumble, throw together


They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern.

Examples of tumble

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Oslo's rough and tumble immigrant zone is a stretch of a street called Gronland.
From the kansas.com
The end of the season saw the Huskies tumble to ninth in the 16-team conference.
From the timesunion.com
She seemed to enjoy watching younger gorillas engaging in rough-and-tumble play.
From the kentucky.com
Tallet fractured his hand during a tumble at first base during the fifth inning.
From the stltoday.com
He said he's confident she can handle the rough and tumble of dirt-track racing.
From the al.com
Wall Street has backup power, which allows stock prices to tumble in the crisis.
From the abcnews.go.com
Without a girdle of steel rods and cables, mortar shakes loose and walls tumble.
From the pe.com
He flinched, took a sad tumble off the mound, and elected not to throw the ball.
From the washingtonpost.com
Technology shares took another big tumble on the American stockmarket this week.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • An acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
  • Fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
  • Spill: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
  • Topple: cause to topple or tumble by pushing
  • Roll over and over, back and forth
  • Whirl: fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
  • (Tumbling (gymnastics)) In gymnastics, tumbling is an acrobatic discipline which is practiced on a 25 meter long dynamic track.
  • (Tumbly) "Rumbly in My Tumbly" is a song from the 1966 musical film featurette Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. ...
  • A fall; To fall end over end; To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings; To roll over and over; To have sexual intercourse; To smooth and polish a rough surface on relatively small parts; To muss, to make disorderly to tousle