Definitions for tumblings

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tumblings tum·bling

Spelling: [tuhm-bling]

IPA: /ˈtʌm blɪŋ/

Tumblings is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 391 anagrams from letters in tumblings (bgilmnstu).

Definitions for tumblings

noun

1. the act, practice, or art of performing acrobatic tumbles, usually on a mat or the ground.
2. an act of tumbling or falling.
3. a gymnastic or acrobatic feat.
4. an accidental fall; spill.
5. a drop in value, as of stocks.
6. a fall from a position of power or authority:
7. a response indicating interest, affection, etc.:
8. tumbled condition; disorder or confusion.
9. a confused heap:
10. Chiefly New England. a haycock.

verb (used without object)

1. to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong:
2. to roll end over end, as in falling:
3. to fall or decline rapidly; drop:
4. to perform gymnastic feats of skill and agility, as leaps or somersaults.
5. to fall suddenly from a position of power or authority; suffer overthrow:
6. to fall in ruins, as from age or decay; collapse; topple:
7. to roll about by turning one way and another; pitch about; toss.
8. to stumble or fall (usually followed by over):
9. to go, come, get, etc., in a hasty and confused way:
10. Informal. to understand or become aware of some fact or circumstance (often followed by to):
11. Rocketry. (of a missile) to rotate without control end over end.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to fall or roll end over end; throw over or down.
2. to throw or toss about; cause disarray, as in handling or searching.
3. to put in a disordered or rumpled condition.
4. to throw, cast, put, send, etc., in a precipitate, hasty, or rough manner.
5. to cause to fall from a position of authority or power; overthrow; topple:
6. to cause to fall or collapse in ruins:
7. to subject to the action of a tumbling box.

Idioms

1. take a tumble to, Australian Slang. to come to understand.

Origin of tumblings

First recorded in 1375-1425, tumbling is from the late Middle English word tomblyng. See tumble, -ing¹

Examples for tumblings

There in front of him, heaving and tumbling, was the sea: a miracle of healing and cleansing.

He said I was drunk myself and that he heard me tumbling up the stairs to bed.

But budge they must, and budge on spending cuts the Democrats must too, or else tumbling down the hill we will go.

She supposed Julie was behind her, but, fearful of tumbling, she had been still as a mouse.

But amid their tumbling words describing their woes, they express disbelief much will come from the talks.

I want to feel that rolling, tumbling momentum, like a barrel sent blind downhill.

It was that spectacular and it went on for an hour or two… a mass display of gymnastics and dancing and tumbling.

Sensible perception, like everything else, is tumbling to pieces.

So, again, I hope the Democrats in the Senate take note of the dominoes that are tumbling here because they stood together.

While we are straining our eyes into the distance, justice is tumbling out at our feet.