English Explanatory Dictionary

tumble

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fall, especially end over end.
  2. A disorderly heap.
  3. An act of sexual intercourse.
verb
  1. To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
  2. To throw headlong.
  3. To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
  4. To drop rapidly.
  5. To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
  6. To have sexual intercourse.
  7. To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
  8. To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
  9. To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
  10. To comprehend; often in tumble to.
name
  1. A village in Llannon community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5411).

Pronunciation

tŭmʹbəl /ˈtʌmbl̩/ en-us-tumble.ogg /ˈtʊmbl̩/

Word forms

tumble tumbles tumbling tumbled

Etymology

From Middle English tumblen (“to fall over and over again, tumble”), frequentative of Middle English tumben (“to fall, leap, dance”), from Old English tumbian, from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”). Cognate with Middle Dutch tumelen (whence Dutch tuimelen), Middle Low German tumelen, tummelen, German taumeln and Danish tumle.

Synonyms

bump uglies have sex roll around approach cohabit common company copulate couple engage in sex exchange flesh have intimate relations have marital relations have sexual relations intercourse know know someone in the biblical sense make love mate share a bed sleep together strain bang bauf beat bone boff boink bonk bop bounce breed bump nasties catch a dick clap cheeks dance discuss Uganda dip one's pen in someone's inkwell do it do the deed do the nasty eff engender expletive deleted frack frak frick frig fuck get busy get down get freaky get it get it on get jiggy get laid get lucky get one's dick wet get one's end away get one's freak on

Derived words

give a tumble rough and tumble rumble-tumble take a tumble tumble-car tumble drier tumble dryer tumble home tumble motor tumble mustard tumbler tumble ringwing tumble thistle tumble-turd tumble turn tumble down tumble in tumble on tumble to tumble together tumble up tumbling E chart tumbling mat tumbling mill

Translations

Greek: ανθίζομαι
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