DICTOMETER

TUMBLE

1. Synonyms:
   • Tumble
   Definitions:
   • an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Spill
   • Tumble
   • Fall
   Definitions:
   • a sudden drop from an upright position
   Examples:
   • He had a nasty spill on the ice
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Tumble
   • Topple
   Definitions:
   • fall down, as if collapsing
   Examples:
   • The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Topple
   • Tumble
   • Tip
   Definitions:
   • cause to topple or tumble by pushing
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Tumble
   Definitions:
   • roll over and over, back and forth
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Whirl
   • Tumble
   • Whirl around
   Definitions:
   • fly around
   Examples:
   • The clothes tumbled in the dryer
   • Rising smoke whirled in the air
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Crumble
   • Crumple
   • Tumble
   • Break down
   • Collapse
   Definitions:
   • fall apart
   Examples:
   • The building crumbled after the explosion
   • Negotiations broke down
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Tumble
   Definitions:
   • throw together in a confused mass
   Examples:
   • They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Catch on
   • Get wise
   • Get onto
   • Tumble
   • Latch on
   • Cotton on
   • Twig
   • Get it
   Definitions:
   • understand, usually after some initial difficulty
   Examples:
   • She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Tumble
   Definitions:
   • fall suddenly and sharply
   Examples:
   • Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Tumble
   Definitions:
   • put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
   Examples:
   • Wash in warm water and tumble dry
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Tumble
    Definitions:
    • suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Tumble
    Definitions:
    • do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully