Definition of tumble
- v. i. - To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about;
as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
- v. i. - To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be
precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
- v. i. - To play tricks by various movements and contortions of
the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
- n. - Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.