(typically of a person) fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong.
"she pitched forward, tumbling down the remaining stairs"
Similar:
fall (over)
fall down
topple over
lose one's footing
lose one's balance
keel over
pitch over
take a spill
collapse
fall headlong
fall head over heels
fall end over end
trip
trip up
stumble
come a cropper
measure one's length
grabble
move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
"a group of kids tumbled from the vehicle and headed inside"
Similar:
hurry
rush
scramble
pile
scurry
scuttle
jump
spring
bound
cascade
fall
stream
flow
pour
spill
(of something abstract) fall rapidly in amount or value.
"property prices tumbled"
Similar:
fall steeply/sharply
plummet
plunge
dive
nosedive
take a dive
drop rapidly
slump
slide
fall
decrease
decline
crash
go into a tailspin
Opposite:
rise
soar
rumple; disarrange.
"he slept fitfully for the third night in a row, tumbling the covers about him as he tried to get comfortable"
Similar:
tousle
dishevel
ruffle
rumple
make untidy
disarrange
disorder
mess up
muss (up)
2.
perform acrobatic or gymnastic exercises, typically handsprings and somersaults in the air.
(of tumbler pigeons) repeatedly turn over backward in flight.
3.
INFORMAL
understand the meaning or hidden implication of (a situation).
"she tumbled to our scam"
Similar:
realize
understand
grasp
comprehend
take in
apprehend
perceive
see
recognize
see the light
latch onto
cotton onto
catch onto
get
get wise to
get one's head around
figure out
get a fix on
get the message
get the picture
have an aha moment
twig
suss
savvy
4.
INFORMAL
have sex with.
"he was tumbling a strange woman"
5.
clean (castings, gemstones, etc.) in a tumbling barrel.
Origin
Middle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘dance with contortions’): from Middle Low German tummelen ; compare with Old English tumbian ‘to dance’. The sense was probably influenced by Old French tomber ‘to fall’. The noun, first in the sense ‘tangled mass’, dates from the mid 17th century.
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