• a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
• an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
• do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
• suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
• put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and Tumble dry"
• fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices Tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"
• understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn''t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
• throw together in a confused mass; "They Tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"
• roll over and over, back and forth
• fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center Tumbled after the plane hit it"
• fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down"
• fly around; "The clothes Tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
• cause to topple or Tumble by pushing

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