Meaning of "tumble" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TUMBLE

Old English tumbian, from Old French tomber; related to Old High German tūmōn to turn.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TUMBLE

tumble  [ˈtʌmbəl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUMBLE

Tumble is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tumble in English.

WHAT DOES TUMBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tumble

Tumble or tumbling may refer to: ▪ Tumbling, a sport where gymnasts make a pass down a sprung track performing tumbling moves. ▪ Tumble bus, mobile gymnastics school bus ▪ Tumble finishing is a technique for smoothing and polishing the surface on small parts ▪ Tumble RFC, rugby union club of the village below ▪ Tumble, 2010 downloadable video game available on the PlayStation Network ▪ Mr Tumble, character on the BBC TV series Something Special. Tumble may also refer to the following places: ▪ Tumble, Carmarthenshire, a village in South Wales...

Definition of tumble in the English dictionary

The first definition of tumble in the dictionary is to fall or cause to fall, esp awkwardly, precipitately, or violently. Other definition of tumble is usually foll by about to roll or twist, esp in playing. Tumble is also to perform leaps, somersaults, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TUMBLE

PRESENT

Present

I tumble

you tumble

he/she/it tumbles

we tumble

you tumble

they tumble

Present continuous

I am tumbling

you are tumbling

he/she/it is tumbling

we are tumbling

you are tumbling

they are tumbling

Present perfect

I have tumbled

you have tumbled

he/she/it has tumbled

we have tumbled

you have tumbled

they have tumbled

Present perfect continuous

I have been tumbling

you have been tumbling

he/she/it has been tumbling

we have been tumbling

you have been tumbling

they have been tumbling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I tumbled

you tumbled

he/she/it tumbled

we tumbled

you tumbled

they tumbled

Past continuous

I was tumbling

you were tumbling

he/she/it was tumbling

we were tumbling

you were tumbling

they were tumbling

Past perfect

I had tumbled

you had tumbled

he/she/it had tumbled

we had tumbled

you had tumbled

they had tumbled

Past perfect continuous

I had been tumbling

you had been tumbling

he/she/it had been tumbling

we had been tumbling

you had been tumbling

they had been tumbling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will tumble

you will tumble

he/she/it will tumble

we will tumble

you will tumble

they will tumble

Future continuous

I will be tumbling

you will be tumbling

he/she/it will be tumbling

we will be tumbling

you will be tumbling

they will be tumbling

Future perfect

I will have tumbled

you will have tumbled

he/she/it will have tumbled

we will have tumbled

you will have tumbled

they will have tumbled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been tumbling

you will have been tumbling

he/she/it will have been tumbling

we will have been tumbling

you will have been tumbling

they will have been tumbling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would tumble

you would tumble

he/she/it would tumble

we would tumble

you would tumble

they would tumble

Conditional continuous

I would be tumbling

you would be tumbling

he/she/it would be tumbling

we would be tumbling

you would be tumbling

they would be tumbling

Conditional perfect

I would have tumble

you would have tumble

he/she/it would have tumble

we would have tumble

you would have tumble

they would have tumble

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been tumbling

you would have been tumbling

he/she/it would have been tumbling

we would have been tumbling

you would have been tumbling

they would have been tumbling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you tumble
we let´s tumble
you tumble

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to tumble

Past participle

tumbled

Present Participle

tumbling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TUMBLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tumble» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of tumble

bound · cascade · collapse · crash · decline · decrease · disarrange · dishevel · disorder · drop · fall · flop · flow · hurry · jumble · muss · nosedive · pile · pitch · plummet · plunge · pour · riot · roll · ruffle · rumple · rush · scramble · scurry · scuttle · slide · slump · spill · stream · stumble · topple · toss · tousle · trip

TRANSLATION OF TUMBLE

Find out the translation of tumble to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tumble from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tumble» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 摔倒
• Translator English - Spanish: caerse
• English: tumble
• Translator English - Hindi: गिरना
• Translator English - Arabic: تعثر
• Translator English - Russian: падать
• Translator English - Portuguese: tombar
• Translator English - Bengali: দড়াবাজি করা
• Translator English - French: dégringoler
• Translator English - Malay: Jatuh
• Translator English - German: stürzen
• Translator English - Japanese: 転げ落ちる
• Translator English - Korean: 굴러 떨어지다
• Translator English - Javanese: Tumble
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tình trạng lộn xộn
• Translator English - Tamil: பல்டியடித்து
• Translator English - Marathi: कोलमडणे
• Translator English - Turkish: takla
• Translator English - Italian: ruzzolare
• Translator English - Polish: ubrań
• Translator English - Ukrainian: падати
• Translator English - Romanian: tambur
• Translator English - Greek: στεγνωτήρια
• Translator English - Afrikaans: tuimel
• Translator English - Swedish: tumla
• Translator English - Norwegian: tørkes

10 QUOTES WITH «TUMBLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tumble.

1

Ambrose Bierce

The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.

2

Donna Brazile

Politics is a rough and tumble business. It's not for the faint-hearted. I've got bruises and cuts from being in the political arena. But by and large, I understand how to navigate the process.

3

Candis Cayne

Growing up, me and my brother, we were kind of exact opposites. We were completely yin and yang. He was more rough and tumble, and I just wanted to play with my girlfriends.

4

Robert Crumb

Oh, yes. I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy.

5

Robert Crumb

I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy.

6

Hakeem Jeffries

The political process is rough and tumble by definition, and being grounded in faith in a Higher Power has proven helpful in navigating the difficult terrain.

7

John Lahr

Dame Edna is that rarest sighting in our time of the absolute comic, an inspired personification of caprice whose comedy answered the primal call to take the audience for a tumble.

8

Bam Margera

Skateboarding teaches you how to take a fall properly. If you try to kickflip down some stairs, it might take you thirty tries - and you just learn how to take a tumble out of it without getting hurt.

9

Pat Roberts

I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is.

10

James Shirley

The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUMBLE»

Discover the use of tumble in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tumble and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Tumble Bumble

When a tiny bug goes for a walk and stumbles into a cat, a chain of events happens that brings chaos to a peaceful day. Reprint.

Felicia Bond, 2009

Jabberwocky

An illustrated version of the classic nonsense poem from "Through the Looking Glass."

Lewis Carroll, 2008

Rough and Tumble: Aggression, Hunting, and Human Evolution

Travis Rayne Pickering argues that the advent of ambush hunting approximately two million years ago marked a milestone in human evolution, one that established the social dynamic that allowed our ancestors to expand their range and diet.

Travis Rayne Pickering, 2013

The Tumble of Reason: Alice Munro's Discourse of Absence

Ajay Heble's study focuses on Munro's involvement with a 'discourse of absence' and suggests that our understanding of these texts often depends not only on what happens in the fiction, but also on what might have happened.

Ajay Heble, 1994

Bounce, Tumble, and Splash!: Simulating the Physical World ...

This unique guide will help you push the boundaries of 3D and take your Blender skills to the limit.

Tony Mullen, 2008

Rough & Tumble: A Novel

Inspired by his years shedding blood and sweat playing professional football, ROUGH & TUMBLE is Mark Bavaro’s novel about the brutal world of the NFL—and a classic sports story of one man’s determination and grit.

Mark Bavaro, 2008

Tumble Turn

Dominic Dear is nearly thirteen and confused about life.

Doug MacLeod, 2003

Tumble Tower

A very messy princess in a very tidy royal family has the opportunity to prove that there are advantages to not being neat.

‎1993

Tumble Bunnies

Feeling untalented in the team sports scheduled for his school's Sports Spectacular, Clyde the rabbit develops his own event, a freestyle tumbling routine with a dazzling move called the "twirly burly."

Kathryn Lasky, 2005

Rumble Tumble: A Hap and Leonard Novel (5)

And with Hap and Leonard at the wheel this promises to be a wild ride. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Joe R. Lansdale, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUMBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tumble is used in the context of the following news items.

Kaiser Chiefs and Mr Tumble as Camp Bestival kicks off

And the youngsters have their very own headliners including Mr Tumble, Dick and Dom and The Cat in the Hat. Event organiser Rob da Bank said: "I don't know ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»

How Coyne turned Shaq's on-air tumble into a win for Bubble Wrap

The seven-foot-one-inch former athlete, now serving as a TV analyst, took a tumble on the set of TNT's Inside the NBA last Wednesday during the Rockets vs. «PR Week, May 15»

Watch Shaq Take an Epic Tumble on the TNT Set

Shaq took a tumble on the TNT set during halftime of the Rockets vs. Clippers game Wednesday. The fall was so epic that Shaq both lost a shoe in the process ... «TIME, May 15»

Palace guard takes tumble: Young guardsman blushes over …

The Queen's Guard lost his footing on a manhole cover and tumbled over, knocking his bearskin on his sentry box and dropping his rifle. He scrambled to his ... «Express.co.uk, Apr 15»

Amazon Renews Kids Series 'Tumble Leaf', 'Creative Galaxy …

Creative Galaxy, Annedroids and Tumble Leaf were the first ever original kids series orders for the streaming service, followed by pickups for Gortimer and ... «Deadline.com, Feb 15»

Whoops! Helen Mirren takes a tumble on the red carpet at Berlin …

The 69-year-old took a slight tumble on the stairs as she made her way into the premiere of her upcoming film Woman in Gold. She appeared to trip over the skirt ... «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 15»

Lucy Mecklenburgh claims she's been enjoying a 'string of dates …

'There were lots of rumours about Louis and Lucy when he was judging Tumble and she was a contestant,' a source told The Sun's TV Biz. 'It's true they were ... «Daily Mail, Dec 14»

Elton John takes a tumble at tennis match

Elton John took an embarrassing tumble by falling out of his chair at a charity tennis match on Sunday. The Rocket Man hitmaker was on the sidelines at the ... «Toronto Sun, Dec 14»

Baby Elephant Takes A Tumble; Grown-Ups Rush To Its Aid

When a baby elephant fell over while trying to climb out of a small ditch at Switzerland's Zoo Zürich, two adults rushed over within a few seconds to help. Footage ... «Huffington Post, Oct 14»

Bobby Lockwood overcomes injury to be crowned Tumble champion

Actor Bobby Lockwood has been crowned winner of BBC One's gymnastics series Tumble – after an injury almost forced him out of the final completely. «Metro, Sep 14»