English Explanatory Dictionary

tumb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To tumble; jump; dance.

Word forms

tumb tumbs tumbing tumbed

Etymology

From Middle English tumben, tomben, from Old English tumbian (“to tumble, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn round”). Cognate with Middle High German tumen (“to turn round”), Icelandic tumba (“to tumble”). See tumble.

Related words

tumble
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