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TUMBLING
acrobatics, tumbling
(noun) the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
tumbling
present participle of tumble
Noun
tumbling (plural tumblings)
The act of something that tumbles.
Source: Wiktionary
Tum"bling,
Definition: a. & vb. n. from Tumble, v. Tumbling barrel. Same as Rumble, n., 4.
– Tumbling bay, an overfall, or weir, in a canal.
TUMBLE
Tum"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tumbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tumbling.] Etym: [OE. tumblen, AS. tumbian to turn heels over head, to dance violently; akin to D. tuimelen to fall, Sw. tumla, Dan. tumle, Icel. tumba; and cf. G. taumeln to reel, to stagger.]
1. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
2. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold. He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill. South.
3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. Rowe. To tumble home (Naut.), to incline inward, as the sides of a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth; -- used esp. in the phrase tumbling home. Cf. Wall-sided.
Tum"ble, v. t.
1. To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.
2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
Tum"ble, n.
Definition: Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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