Definition of tumble in English:

tumble

verb ˈtʌmb(ə)lˈtəmbəl

1no object, with adverbial Fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong.
（尤指人）突然地（或笨拙地、头朝下地）跌倒
she pitched forward, tumbling down the remaining stairs
她向前一倾，从剩下几级楼梯上滚了下来。
Example sentencesExamples
- Rebecca tumbled down after her, and Gabby fell somewhere on top of both of them.
- With a misguided step, Darien tumbled down a steep hill.
- I turned over to find I had fallen down the stairs, and I had also hit my arm against the banister as I tumbled down.
- He tumbled down the stairs and landed at the bottom.
- The excavator had been lowering a skip to the bottom of the hole when it tipped over the edge and tumbled down.
- Looking up at the water fall she had just tumbled down she decided to keep moving.
- All of a sudden, Alli tripped and tumbled down the steps.
- The leaves tumbled down the path, agitated by a sudden breeze.
- She tumbled down the steps, and got knocked unconscious.
- She nearly let go and tumbled down the side of the rocks.
- Speaking to the doctor, she found out that Andrea had been hit on the head, tumbled down the stairs and had been caught in a fire.
- He fell forward over the baloneys edge and tumbled down.
- He tumbled down to the edge and narrowly managed to avoid falling to almost certain death.
- Her body tumbled down to the ground.
- He released the gun and tumbled down the stairs.
- Suddenly her heel caught in the stairs and she tumbled down, head first, ruining her flowers and expensive hair do.
- They tumbled down, falling down a small hill then down some brush.
- Loose chunks of grit and rubble tumbled down on them.
- He tumbled down towards the ground, Flintar trailing him.
- Fat drops tumbled down to slick the streets.
Synonyms
fall (over), fall down, topple over, lose one's footing, lose one's balance, keel over, pitch over, take a spill, collapse, fall headlong, fall head over heels, fall end over end
trip, trip up, stumble
informal come a cropper
dated measure one's length
archaic grabble
1. 1.1 Move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
  跌跌撞撞（或无拘束）地走，冲
  police and dogs tumbled from the vehicle
  警察与狗匆忙地冲下了车。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They ran up together as fast as they could and tumbled into Ginnys room.
  She saw them tumbling towards her and rushed to help them.
  Doug turned so I wouldn't hit the floor and we tumbled into the room causing several heads to turn.
  India tumbles on uncontrollably to becoming the diabetes capital of the world.
  Charles tumbled out of the room, and leaped to his feet.
  The pair tumbled into his room, pitch black with night.
  We tumbled out of the vehicle and took in the view.
  He moved out of her way as she nearly tumbled into the aisle.
  As she said it, she flung the door open, and a young man tumbled into the room.
  Ten minutes late, he tumbles into the room in a kind of flailing pirouette, scatter gunning apologies.
  They all tumbled into their room, getting out their work.
  I'm parked in front of the television my thumb resting on the remote control volume button in case the kids decide to noisily tumble into the room.
  Synonyms
  hurry, rush, scramble, pile
  scurry, scuttle
  jump, spring, bound
  cascade, fall, stream, flow, pour, spill
2. 1.2 Fall rapidly in amount or value.
  （指抽象事物的数量或价值）暴跌
  property prices tumbled
  房地产价暴跌。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A silver lining in the world economy can be found in the global oil market, where prices have been tumbling in recent weeks.
  Prices tumbled, imports poured in, banks lost their silver reserves and collapsed, and industrial firms went bankrupt for lack of cash.
  Prices continue to tumble, and the machines grow ever faster.
  Will the arrival of new broadband services see prices tumble?
  The market value of wealth has tumbled, the real estate bubble looks set to burst, and unemployment is now rising sharply.
  Picture phones: you might sniff at them now, but picture phones are becoming more pervasive and prices are tumbling.
  Homeowners, watching the value of their flats tumble, complain that he flip-flopped on his housing policy - without telling the public.
  Homeownership is a key source of consumer wealth, and home values have been rising even as stock prices have tumbled.
  In an economic slowdown, corporate profits fall and stock prices tumble, too.
  Home owners have complained that the parade of neglected shops and flats on St George's Avenue has sent property prices in the area tumbling and left them unable to sell their houses.
  Share prices tumbled, and the total value of shares in Britain is less than half what it was at the height of the 1990s boom.
  Stock prices tumbled today on word of a big drop in consumer confidence.
  The company was slow to react when rival cut their prices and sales tumbled.
  In a recent article, The Times newspaper suggested there could be an oversupply of natural gas in two years and prices could tumble.
  The football club's market value has now tumbled from £34.9 million in September last year.
  Prices have tumbled.
  Estate agents predict house values could tumble.
  U.S. Cattle prices tumbled almost 18 percent as a $3 billion export market blinked out.
  There's more money around, people are experimenting and the price of cocaine is tumbling.
  The weather is still glorious, the crowds have thinned out and prices have tumbled.
  Synonyms
  fall steeply/sharply, plummet, plunge, dive, nosedive, take a dive, drop rapidly, slump, slide, fall, decrease, decline
  informal crash, go into a tailspin
3. 1.3with object Rumple; disarrange.
  弄乱；弄皱
  he slept fitfully for the third night in a row, tumbling the covers about him as he tried to get comfortable
  Synonyms
  tousle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, make untidy, disarrange, disorder, mess up
  North American informal muss (up)
2no object Perform acrobatic feats, typically handsprings and somersaults in the air.
表演翻跟头
Example sentencesExamples
- She remembered weather like this when she would get thrown up in stunts, yelling out cheers, tumbling until it hurt.
- Gonzales tumbled well on floor, showing a double layout, Arabian double front, full-in, and whip to double pike.
- I will probably have to get surgery after Worlds because, for now, I can't tumble at all.
- The specialized art of jumping, tumbling, and balancing, requiring agility and skilful control of the body.
- On floor exercise one gymnast tumbled a double layout, two whips to double pike, and stuck full-in dismount.
- She earned her highest score of the day, a 9.525, on floor exercise, where she tumbled a split-leg double layout.
- People who easily tumble on land can become quickly disoriented trying to do the same move in the water.
- They threw themselves through the air, others tumbled, cartwheeled and bounced.
- A fractured bone in her foot restricted Pam to tumbling and vaulting only once a week leading up to the competition.
- If you want to juggle, fly on the trapeze, tumble: here's the place to do it.
- Being able to balance on her hands, to turn cartwheels, to tumble and flip is part of who she is.
- But he tumbled several high double layouts on floor exercise, and caught both a Kolman and layout Kovacs on high bar.
- In 1999, she suffered the same injury to her left knee while tumbling on floor exercise.
- Stacey's parents saw talent in their daughter, who loved tumbling on their front lawn with her best friend.
- They tumble, juggle, balance, swing and hula hoop with a confidence and humour far beyond what you would expect for students of a tertiary course.
1. 2.1 (of a breed of pigeon) repeatedly turn over backwards in flight.
  （翻头鸽）在飞翔中不断后翻
3with object Dry (washing) in a tumble dryer.
用滚筒干燥机甩干
the machine gentle tumbles the clothes in cool air for ten minutes
Example sentencesExamples
- The drying process for doing laundry at home is either hanging clothes on a clothesline or tumbling them in a gas- or electric-heated dryer.
4tumble toinformal no object Understand the meaning or hidden implication of (a situation)
〈非正式〉明白，领悟，洞悉
she'll ring again as soon as she tumbles to what she's done
一旦她明白她所做的事情，她会再打电话过来的。
Example sentencesExamples
- Rather oddly, Mrs Waters does not now or later tumble to Tom's identity.
Synonyms
realize, understand, grasp, comprehend, take in, apprehend, perceive, see, recognize
see the light
informal latch on to, cotton on to, catch on to, get, get wise to, get one's head around, figure out, get a fix on, get the message, get the picture, have an aha moment
British informal twig, suss
North American informal savvy
5informal with object Have sexual intercourse with.
〈非正式〉做爱
he was tumbling a strange woman
6with object Clean (castings, gemstones, etc.) in a tumbling barrel.
用滚净筒把（铸件、宝石矿石等）弄干净

noun ˈtʌmb(ə)lˈtəmbəl

1A sudden or headlong fall.
突然跌倒；头朝下跌倒
I took a tumble in the nettles
我跌倒在荨麻上。
Example sentencesExamples
- He took a nasty tumble.
- He is in such decline his defeat only emphasised that the tumble is irreversible.
- He certainly gave it his all until a tumble in the second half saw him pick up an horrific leg injury.
- Fulham appeal for a penalty when Brevett takes a tumble in the area.
- Her helmet had fallen off in the undignified tumble.
- The woman fell to the ground in a small tumble.
- McSharry won despite taking a tumble at the 23-miles mark.
- She took a tumble and banged up her left knee.
- The day was filled with crashes and tumbles in the deep powder.
- You take your tumbles with good grace and always come up smiling.
- The condition means a simple tumble can leave the 14-year-old with broken bones and Hayley has suffered more than 200 fractures since she was born.
- ‘I didn't feel great,’ she admitted, confessing to having had a hip injury since she took a tumble in her previous track race in America last weekend.
- I caught up with the globetrotting Frenchman in Brisbane and discovered that besides the odd tumble from his motorbike, Gerard has also fallen in love.
- When he tumbles headlong down some stairs, we're treated to a slow-motion pan, looking down on him.
- A competitor in the under 17 race was taken to casualty with a damaged shoulder after taking a tumble on the descent.
- He has failed to recover fully from the broken neck which he suffered in a horrible tumble.
- She has taken a tumble before, but the compulsory crash helmet, leathers and gloves prevented injuries.
- Hopefully, the drawbacks will be overcome before somebody else takes a painful tumble on the daunting steps in the inky gloom.
- Ry jumped around stage in excitement before falling off it in a faked tumble of limbs.
- In my fifth month, I received a phonecall from England informing me that my grandfather had fallen over; nothing life-threatening, just a simple tumble in the garden.
Synonyms
fall, trip, spill
informal nosedive, header, cropper
1. 1.1 A rapid fall in amount or value.
  （数量、价值）暴跌
  a tumble in share prices
  股价大跌。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Wool prices took a tumble in Sydney and Melbourne yesterday.
  The crash had a period of exuberance followed by an alarmingly rapid tumble.
  The company's shares inevitably took a tumble.
  Prices have taken a tumble.
  Like his marriage, the shares took a tumble.
  So far this year, sizeable share price tumbles are running at half the rate seen during last year.
  There is a lot of upset around its share price tumble.
  Demand is suddenly more than sated and the price of chips takes a mighty tumble.
  The tumble erased 4.4 billion euros from the company's market value for the week.
  Despite the predictions, some first-time buyers remained confident there would be a tumble in prices.
  There had been fears that Friday's game would have hit the markets badly, with thousands taking a day off work and share prices taking a tumble, whatever the outcome.
  Here are five companies that could falter should house prices take a tumble.
  Lamb producers are bracing themselves for a tumble in prices.
  Flabbergasted auctioneer Keith Lomax blamed Beckham's penalty stumble for the tumble in prices.
  What if interest rates were to suddenly rise sharply or prices in the capital were to take a tumble?
  Telecommunications stocks have taken a tumble, but some telecom CEOs still managed to create value for their shareholders.
  Last week, as the company's shares took a tumble, they must have been asking if their golden goose was about to be slain.
  The airline's shares recorded a further 19% one-day tumble after warning of the impact of higher fuel prices.
  Synonyms
  drop, fall, plunge, dive, nosedive, slump, decline, collapse
  informal crash
2. 1.2 An untidy or confused arrangement or state.
  混乱；杂乱
  her hair was a tumble of untamed curls
  她的卷发乱作一团。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I heard the soft snick of a door as the glaring lights and confused tumble of sound was shut away.
  Her hair was a tumble of blonde curls.
  He had tumbles of dark hair past his shoulders, a smirking mouth and a naturally flirty gaze.
  A young man stepped into the firelight, his face partly obscured by tumbles of dark brown hair.
  I would have recognized the set of her back and the tumble of her blond hair anywhere.
  Her tumble of glossy black curls hid everything but the tip of her nose.
  His bloodshot, blue eyes were hidden behind a tumble of greasy brown hair.
  Her tumble of raven colored hair fell across her shoulders spilling into her lap.
  Synonyms
  jumble, mess, clutter, confusion
  chaos, disorder, disarray
2A handspring, somersault in the air, or other acrobatic feat.
翻跟头
Example sentencesExamples
- I have never recaptured the excitement of running up to begin a tumble or of preparing for that first round-off and back-flip.
- She can perform huge vertical or horizontal leaps, often resulting in gymnastic tumbles and rolls in midair.
- He did the high wire. He did the acrobat tumbles.
- Hampton has been into fitness since she took her first tumble in gymnastics as a young girl.
3informal An act of sexual intercourse.
〈非正式〉性交
Example sentencesExamples
- I figured anyone who's that good in bed would definitely be worth a tumble.
4US informal A friendly sign of recognition, acknowledgement, or interest.
〈美，非正式〉（表认可、感激或感兴趣的）示好
not a soul gave him a tumble
没有一个人向他示好。

Origin

Middle English (as a verb, also in the sense 'dance with contortions'): from Middle Low German tummelen; compare with Old English tumbian 'to dance'. The sense was probably influenced by Old French tomber 'to fall'. The noun, first in the sense 'tangled mass', dates from the mid 17th century.

Rhymes

bumble, crumble, fumble, grumble, humble, jumble, mumble, rough-and-tumble, rumble, scumble, stumble, umbel

Definition of tumble in US English:

tumble

verbˈtəmbəlˈtəmbəl

1no object, with adverbial (typically of a person) fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong.
（尤指人）突然地（或笨拙地、头朝下地）跌倒
she pitched forward, tumbling down the remaining stairs
她向前一倾，从剩下几级楼梯上滚了下来。
Example sentencesExamples
- Her body tumbled down to the ground.
- All of a sudden, Alli tripped and tumbled down the steps.
- He fell forward over the baloneys edge and tumbled down.
- I turned over to find I had fallen down the stairs, and I had also hit my arm against the banister as I tumbled down.
- She tumbled down the steps, and got knocked unconscious.
- He tumbled down to the edge and narrowly managed to avoid falling to almost certain death.
- She nearly let go and tumbled down the side of the rocks.
- Looking up at the water fall she had just tumbled down she decided to keep moving.
- Fat drops tumbled down to slick the streets.
- Loose chunks of grit and rubble tumbled down on them.
- Rebecca tumbled down after her, and Gabby fell somewhere on top of both of them.
- Suddenly her heel caught in the stairs and she tumbled down, head first, ruining her flowers and expensive hair do.
- They tumbled down, falling down a small hill then down some brush.
- He released the gun and tumbled down the stairs.
- The leaves tumbled down the path, agitated by a sudden breeze.
- He tumbled down towards the ground, Flintar trailing him.
- He tumbled down the stairs and landed at the bottom.
- With a misguided step, Darien tumbled down a steep hill.
- Speaking to the doctor, she found out that Andrea had been hit on the head, tumbled down the stairs and had been caught in a fire.
- The excavator had been lowering a skip to the bottom of the hole when it tipped over the edge and tumbled down.
Synonyms
fall, fall over, fall down, topple over, lose one's footing, lose one's balance, keel over, pitch over, take a spill, collapse, fall headlong, fall head over heels, fall end over end
1. 1.1 Move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
  跌跌撞撞（或无拘束）地走，冲
  police and dogs tumbled from the vehicle
  警察与狗匆忙地冲下了车。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The pair tumbled into his room, pitch black with night.
  We tumbled out of the vehicle and took in the view.
  They ran up together as fast as they could and tumbled into Ginnys room.
  India tumbles on uncontrollably to becoming the diabetes capital of the world.
  They all tumbled into their room, getting out their work.
  He moved out of her way as she nearly tumbled into the aisle.
  As she said it, she flung the door open, and a young man tumbled into the room.
  Charles tumbled out of the room, and leaped to his feet.
  Ten minutes late, he tumbles into the room in a kind of flailing pirouette, scatter gunning apologies.
  I'm parked in front of the television my thumb resting on the remote control volume button in case the kids decide to noisily tumble into the room.
  Doug turned so I wouldn't hit the floor and we tumbled into the room causing several heads to turn.
  She saw them tumbling towards her and rushed to help them.
  Synonyms
  hurry, rush, scramble, pile
  cascade, fall, stream, flow, pour, spill
2. 1.2 (of something abstract) fall rapidly in amount or value.
  （指抽象事物的数量或价值）暴跌
  property prices tumbled
  房地产价暴跌。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Home owners have complained that the parade of neglected shops and flats on St George's Avenue has sent property prices in the area tumbling and left them unable to sell their houses.
  The weather is still glorious, the crowds have thinned out and prices have tumbled.
  Prices have tumbled.
  The football club's market value has now tumbled from £34.9 million in September last year.
  A silver lining in the world economy can be found in the global oil market, where prices have been tumbling in recent weeks.
  Prices continue to tumble, and the machines grow ever faster.
  In an economic slowdown, corporate profits fall and stock prices tumble, too.
  The company was slow to react when rival cut their prices and sales tumbled.
  Picture phones: you might sniff at them now, but picture phones are becoming more pervasive and prices are tumbling.
  Stock prices tumbled today on word of a big drop in consumer confidence.
  Prices tumbled, imports poured in, banks lost their silver reserves and collapsed, and industrial firms went bankrupt for lack of cash.
  The market value of wealth has tumbled, the real estate bubble looks set to burst, and unemployment is now rising sharply.
  U.S. Cattle prices tumbled almost 18 percent as a $3 billion export market blinked out.
  Estate agents predict house values could tumble.
  Homeowners, watching the value of their flats tumble, complain that he flip-flopped on his housing policy - without telling the public.
  There's more money around, people are experimenting and the price of cocaine is tumbling.
  Share prices tumbled, and the total value of shares in Britain is less than half what it was at the height of the 1990s boom.
  Will the arrival of new broadband services see prices tumble?
  Homeownership is a key source of consumer wealth, and home values have been rising even as stock prices have tumbled.
  In a recent article, The Times newspaper suggested there could be an oversupply of natural gas in two years and prices could tumble.
  Synonyms
  fall sharply, fall steeply, plummet, plunge, dive, nosedive, take a dive, drop rapidly, slump, slide, fall, decrease, decline
3. 1.3with object Rumple; disarrange.
  弄乱；弄皱
  he slept fitfully for the third night in a row, tumbling the covers about him as he tried to get comfortable
  Synonyms
  tousle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, make untidy, disarrange, disorder, mess up
2no object Perform acrobatic or gymnastic exercises, typically handsprings and somersaults in the air.
表演翻跟头
Example sentencesExamples
- On floor exercise one gymnast tumbled a double layout, two whips to double pike, and stuck full-in dismount.
- If you want to juggle, fly on the trapeze, tumble: here's the place to do it.
- They tumble, juggle, balance, swing and hula hoop with a confidence and humour far beyond what you would expect for students of a tertiary course.
- I will probably have to get surgery after Worlds because, for now, I can't tumble at all.
- People who easily tumble on land can become quickly disoriented trying to do the same move in the water.
- In 1999, she suffered the same injury to her left knee while tumbling on floor exercise.
- Being able to balance on her hands, to turn cartwheels, to tumble and flip is part of who she is.
- They threw themselves through the air, others tumbled, cartwheeled and bounced.
- Gonzales tumbled well on floor, showing a double layout, Arabian double front, full-in, and whip to double pike.
- She remembered weather like this when she would get thrown up in stunts, yelling out cheers, tumbling until it hurt.
- The specialized art of jumping, tumbling, and balancing, requiring agility and skilful control of the body.
- Stacey's parents saw talent in their daughter, who loved tumbling on their front lawn with her best friend.
- But he tumbled several high double layouts on floor exercise, and caught both a Kolman and layout Kovacs on high bar.
- A fractured bone in her foot restricted Pam to tumbling and vaulting only once a week leading up to the competition.
- She earned her highest score of the day, a 9.525, on floor exercise, where she tumbled a split-leg double layout.
1. 2.1 (of tumbler pigeons) repeatedly turn over backward in flight.
  （翻头鸽）在飞翔中不断后翻
3tumble toinformal no object Understand the meaning or hidden implication of (a situation)
〈非正式〉明白，领悟，洞悉
she tumbled to our scam
Example sentencesExamples
- Rather oddly, Mrs Waters does not now or later tumble to Tom's identity.
Synonyms
realize, understand, grasp, comprehend, take in, apprehend, perceive, see, recognize
4informal with object Have sexual intercourse with (someone).
〈非正式〉做爱
5with object Clean (castings, gemstones, etc.) in a tumbling barrel.
用滚净筒把（铸件、宝石矿石等）弄干净

nounˈtəmbəlˈtəmbəl

1A sudden or headlong fall.
突然跌倒；头朝下跌倒
I took a tumble in the nettles
我跌倒在荨麻上。
Example sentencesExamples
- She took a tumble and banged up her left knee.
- The woman fell to the ground in a small tumble.
- When he tumbles headlong down some stairs, we're treated to a slow-motion pan, looking down on him.
- Her helmet had fallen off in the undignified tumble.
- In my fifth month, I received a phonecall from England informing me that my grandfather had fallen over; nothing life-threatening, just a simple tumble in the garden.
- He has failed to recover fully from the broken neck which he suffered in a horrible tumble.
- ‘I didn't feel great,’ she admitted, confessing to having had a hip injury since she took a tumble in her previous track race in America last weekend.
- Fulham appeal for a penalty when Brevett takes a tumble in the area.
- You take your tumbles with good grace and always come up smiling.
- Hopefully, the drawbacks will be overcome before somebody else takes a painful tumble on the daunting steps in the inky gloom.
- He is in such decline his defeat only emphasised that the tumble is irreversible.
- McSharry won despite taking a tumble at the 23-miles mark.
- The day was filled with crashes and tumbles in the deep powder.
- I caught up with the globetrotting Frenchman in Brisbane and discovered that besides the odd tumble from his motorbike, Gerard has also fallen in love.
- He certainly gave it his all until a tumble in the second half saw him pick up an horrific leg injury.
- Ry jumped around stage in excitement before falling off it in a faked tumble of limbs.
- She has taken a tumble before, but the compulsory crash helmet, leathers and gloves prevented injuries.
- A competitor in the under 17 race was taken to casualty with a damaged shoulder after taking a tumble on the descent.
- He took a nasty tumble.
- The condition means a simple tumble can leave the 14-year-old with broken bones and Hayley has suffered more than 200 fractures since she was born.
Synonyms
fall, trip, spill
1. 1.1 A rapid fall in amount or value.
  （数量、价值）暴跌
  a tumble in share prices
  股价大跌。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Wool prices took a tumble in Sydney and Melbourne yesterday.
  There is a lot of upset around its share price tumble.
  Demand is suddenly more than sated and the price of chips takes a mighty tumble.
  The airline's shares recorded a further 19% one-day tumble after warning of the impact of higher fuel prices.
  There had been fears that Friday's game would have hit the markets badly, with thousands taking a day off work and share prices taking a tumble, whatever the outcome.
  Lamb producers are bracing themselves for a tumble in prices.
  The crash had a period of exuberance followed by an alarmingly rapid tumble.
  What if interest rates were to suddenly rise sharply or prices in the capital were to take a tumble?
  Telecommunications stocks have taken a tumble, but some telecom CEOs still managed to create value for their shareholders.
  Flabbergasted auctioneer Keith Lomax blamed Beckham's penalty stumble for the tumble in prices.
  Prices have taken a tumble.
  The company's shares inevitably took a tumble.
  So far this year, sizeable share price tumbles are running at half the rate seen during last year.
  Here are five companies that could falter should house prices take a tumble.
  Despite the predictions, some first-time buyers remained confident there would be a tumble in prices.
  Like his marriage, the shares took a tumble.
  Last week, as the company's shares took a tumble, they must have been asking if their golden goose was about to be slain.
  The tumble erased 4.4 billion euros from the company's market value for the week.
  Synonyms
  drop, fall, plunge, dive, nosedive, slump, decline, collapse
2. 1.2 An untidy or confused arrangement or state.
  混乱；杂乱
  her hair was a tumble of untamed curls
  她的卷发乱作一团。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I would have recognized the set of her back and the tumble of her blond hair anywhere.
  Her hair was a tumble of blonde curls.
  Her tumble of raven colored hair fell across her shoulders spilling into her lap.
  I heard the soft snick of a door as the glaring lights and confused tumble of sound was shut away.
  A young man stepped into the firelight, his face partly obscured by tumbles of dark brown hair.
  His bloodshot, blue eyes were hidden behind a tumble of greasy brown hair.
  Her tumble of glossy black curls hid everything but the tip of her nose.
  He had tumbles of dark hair past his shoulders, a smirking mouth and a naturally flirty gaze.
  Synonyms
  jumble, mess, clutter, confusion
2A handspring, somersault in the air, or other acrobatic feat.
翻跟头
Example sentencesExamples
- Hampton has been into fitness since she took her first tumble in gymnastics as a young girl.
- I have never recaptured the excitement of running up to begin a tumble or of preparing for that first round-off and back-flip.
- She can perform huge vertical or horizontal leaps, often resulting in gymnastic tumbles and rolls in midair.
- He did the high wire. He did the acrobat tumbles.
3informal An act of sexual intercourse.
〈非正式〉性交
Example sentencesExamples
- I figured anyone who's that good in bed would definitely be worth a tumble.
4US informal A friendly sign of recognition, acknowledgment, or interest.
〈美，非正式〉（表认可、感激或感兴趣的）示好
not a soul gave him a tumble
没有一个人向他示好。

Origin

Middle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘dance with contortions’): from Middle Low German tummelen; compare with Old English tumbian ‘to dance’. The sense was probably influenced by Old French tomber ‘to fall’. The noun, first in the sense ‘tangled mass’, dates from the mid 17th century.

词汇	tumble
释义	Definition of tumble in English: tumble verb ˈtʌmb(ə)lˈtəmbəl 1no object, with adverbial Fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong. （尤指人）突然地（或笨拙地、头朝下地）跌倒 she pitched forward, tumbling down the remaining stairs 她向前一倾，从剩下几级楼梯上滚了下来。 Example sentencesExamples Rebecca tumbled down after her, and Gabby fell somewhere on top of both of them. With a misguided step, Darien tumbled down a steep hill. I turned over to find I had fallen down the stairs, and I had also hit my arm against the banister as I tumbled down. He tumbled down the stairs and landed at the bottom. The excavator had been lowering a skip to the bottom of the hole when it tipped over the edge and tumbled down. Looking up at the water fall she had just tumbled down she decided to keep moving. All of a sudden, Alli tripped and tumbled down the steps. The leaves tumbled down the path, agitated by a sudden breeze. She tumbled down the steps, and got knocked unconscious. She nearly let go and tumbled down the side of the rocks. Speaking to the doctor, she found out that Andrea had been hit on the head, tumbled down the stairs and had been caught in a fire. He fell forward over the baloneys edge and tumbled down. He tumbled down to the edge and narrowly managed to avoid falling to almost certain death. Her body tumbled down to the ground. He released the gun and tumbled down the stairs. Suddenly her heel caught in the stairs and she tumbled down, head first, ruining her flowers and expensive hair do. They tumbled down, falling down a small hill then down some brush. Loose chunks of grit and rubble tumbled down on them. He tumbled down towards the ground, Flintar trailing him. Fat drops tumbled down to slick the streets. Synonyms fall (over), fall down, topple over, lose one's footing, lose one's balance, keel over, pitch over, take a spill, collapse, fall headlong, fall head over heels, fall end over end trip, trip up, stumble informal come a cropper dated measure one's length archaic grabble 1.1 Move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way. 跌跌撞撞（或无拘束）地走，冲 police and dogs tumbled from the vehicle 警察与狗匆忙地冲下了车。 Example sentencesExamples They ran up together as fast as they could and tumbled into Ginnys room. She saw them tumbling towards her and rushed to help them. Doug turned so I wouldn't hit the floor and we tumbled into the room causing several heads to turn. India tumbles on uncontrollably to becoming the diabetes capital of the world. Charles tumbled out of the room, and leaped to his feet. The pair tumbled into his room, pitch black with night. We tumbled out of the vehicle and took in the view. He moved out of her way as she nearly tumbled into the aisle. As she said it, she flung the door open, and a young man tumbled into the room. Ten minutes late, he tumbles into the room in a kind of flailing pirouette, scatter gunning apologies. They all tumbled into their room, getting out their work. I'm parked in front of the television my thumb resting on the remote control volume button in case the kids decide to noisily tumble into the room. Synonyms hurry, rush, scramble, pile scurry, scuttle jump, spring, bound cascade, fall, stream, flow, pour, spill 1.2 Fall rapidly in amount or value. （指抽象事物的数量或价值）暴跌 property prices tumbled 房地产价暴跌。 Example sentencesExamples A silver lining in the world economy can be found in the global oil market, where prices have been tumbling in recent weeks. Prices tumbled, imports poured in, banks lost their silver reserves and collapsed, and industrial firms went bankrupt for lack of cash. Prices continue to tumble, and the machines grow ever faster. Will the arrival of new broadband services see prices tumble? The market value of wealth has tumbled, the real estate bubble looks set to burst, and unemployment is now rising sharply. Picture phones: you might sniff at them now, but picture phones are becoming more pervasive and prices are tumbling. Homeowners, watching the value of their flats tumble, complain that he flip-flopped on his housing policy - without telling the public. Homeownership is a key source of consumer wealth, and home values have been rising even as stock prices have tumbled. In an economic slowdown, corporate profits fall and stock prices tumble, too. Home owners have complained that the parade of neglected shops and flats on St George's Avenue has sent property prices in the area tumbling and left them unable to sell their houses. Share prices tumbled, and the total value of shares in Britain is less than half what it was at the height of the 1990s boom. Stock prices tumbled today on word of a big drop in consumer confidence. The company was slow to react when rival cut their prices and sales tumbled. In a recent article, The Times newspaper suggested there could be an oversupply of natural gas in two years and prices could tumble. The football club's market value has now tumbled from £34.9 million in September last year. Prices have tumbled. Estate agents predict house values could tumble. U.S. Cattle prices tumbled almost 18 percent as a $3 billion export market blinked out. There's more money around, people are experimenting and the price of cocaine is tumbling. The weather is still glorious, the crowds have thinned out and prices have tumbled. Synonyms fall steeply/sharply, plummet, plunge, dive, nosedive, take a dive, drop rapidly, slump, slide, fall, decrease, decline informal crash, go into a tailspin 1.3with object Rumple; disarrange. 弄乱；弄皱 he slept fitfully for the third night in a row, tumbling the covers about him as he tried to get comfortable Synonyms tousle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, make untidy, disarrange, disorder, mess up North American informal muss (up) 2no object Perform acrobatic feats, typically handsprings and somersaults in the air. 表演翻跟头 Example sentencesExamples She remembered weather like this when she would get thrown up in stunts, yelling out cheers, tumbling until it hurt. Gonzales tumbled well on floor, showing a double layout, Arabian double front, full-in, and whip to double pike. I will probably have to get surgery after Worlds because, for now, I can't tumble at all. The specialized art of jumping, tumbling, and balancing, requiring agility and skilful control of the body. On floor exercise one gymnast tumbled a double layout, two whips to double pike, and stuck full-in dismount. She earned her highest score of the day, a 9.525, on floor exercise, where she tumbled a split-leg double layout. People who easily tumble on land can become quickly disoriented trying to do the same move in the water. They threw themselves through the air, others tumbled, cartwheeled and bounced. A fractured bone in her foot restricted Pam to tumbling and vaulting only once a week leading up to the competition. If you want to juggle, fly on the trapeze, tumble: here's the place to do it. Being able to balance on her hands, to turn cartwheels, to tumble and flip is part of who she is. But he tumbled several high double layouts on floor exercise, and caught both a Kolman and layout Kovacs on high bar. In 1999, she suffered the same injury to her left knee while tumbling on floor exercise. Stacey's parents saw talent in their daughter, who loved tumbling on their front lawn with her best friend. They tumble, juggle, balance, swing and hula hoop with a confidence and humour far beyond what you would expect for students of a tertiary course. 2.1 (of a breed of pigeon) repeatedly turn over backwards in flight. （翻头鸽）在飞翔中不断后翻 3with object Dry (washing) in a tumble dryer. 用滚筒干燥机甩干 the machine gentle tumbles the clothes in cool air for ten minutes Example sentencesExamples The drying process for doing laundry at home is either hanging clothes on a clothesline or tumbling them in a gas- or electric-heated dryer. 4tumble toinformal no object Understand the meaning or hidden implication of (a situation) 〈非正式〉明白，领悟，洞悉 she'll ring again as soon as she tumbles to what she's done 一旦她明白她所做的事情，她会再打电话过来的。 Example sentencesExamples Rather oddly, Mrs Waters does not now or later tumble to Tom's identity. Synonyms realize, understand, grasp, comprehend, take in, apprehend, perceive, see, recognize see the light informal latch on to, cotton on to, catch on to, get, get wise to, get one's head around, figure out, get a fix on, get the message, get the picture, have an aha moment British informal twig, suss North American informal savvy 5informal with object Have sexual intercourse with. 〈非正式〉做爱 he was tumbling a strange woman 6with object Clean (castings, gemstones, etc.) in a tumbling barrel. 用滚净筒把（铸件、宝石矿石等）弄干净 noun ˈtʌmb(ə)lˈtəmbəl 1A sudden or headlong fall. 突然跌倒；头朝下跌倒 I took a tumble in the nettles 我跌倒在荨麻上。 Example sentencesExamples He took a nasty tumble. He is in such decline his defeat only emphasised that the tumble is irreversible. He certainly gave it his all until a tumble in the second half saw him pick up an horrific leg injury. Fulham appeal for a penalty when Brevett takes a tumble in the area. Her helmet had fallen off in the undignified tumble. The woman fell to the ground in a small tumble. McSharry won despite taking a tumble at the 23-miles mark. She took a tumble and banged up her left knee. The day was filled with crashes and tumbles in the deep powder. You take your tumbles with good grace and always come up smiling. The condition means a simple tumble can leave the 14-year-old with broken bones and Hayley has suffered more than 200 fractures since she was born. ‘I didn't feel great,’ she admitted, confessing to having had a hip injury since she took a tumble in her previous track race in America last weekend. I caught up with the globetrotting Frenchman in Brisbane and discovered that besides the odd tumble from his motorbike, Gerard has also fallen in love. When he tumbles headlong down some stairs, we're treated to a slow-motion pan, looking down on him. A competitor in the under 17 race was taken to casualty with a damaged shoulder after taking a tumble on the descent. He has failed to recover fully from the broken neck which he suffered in a horrible tumble. She has taken a tumble before, but the compulsory crash helmet, leathers and gloves prevented injuries. Hopefully, the drawbacks will be overcome before somebody else takes a painful tumble on the daunting steps in the inky gloom. Ry jumped around stage in excitement before falling off it in a faked tumble of limbs. In my fifth month, I received a phonecall from England informing me that my grandfather had fallen over; nothing life-threatening, just a simple tumble in the garden. Synonyms fall, trip, spill informal nosedive, header, cropper 1.1 A rapid fall in amount or value. （数量、价值）暴跌 a tumble in share prices 股价大跌。 Example sentencesExamples Wool prices took a tumble in Sydney and Melbourne yesterday. The crash had a period of exuberance followed by an alarmingly rapid tumble. The company's shares inevitably took a tumble. Prices have taken a tumble. Like his marriage, the shares took a tumble. So far this year, sizeable share price tumbles are running at half the rate seen during last year. There is a lot of upset around its share price tumble. Demand is suddenly more than sated and the price of chips takes a mighty tumble. The tumble erased 4.4 billion euros from the company's market value for the week. Despite the predictions, some first-time buyers remained confident there would be a tumble in prices. There had been fears that Friday's game would have hit the markets badly, with thousands taking a day off work and share prices taking a tumble, whatever the outcome. Here are five companies that could falter should house prices take a tumble. Lamb producers are bracing themselves for a tumble in prices. Flabbergasted auctioneer Keith Lomax blamed Beckham's penalty stumble for the tumble in prices. What if interest rates were to suddenly rise sharply or prices in the capital were to take a tumble? Telecommunications stocks have taken a tumble, but some telecom CEOs still managed to create value for their shareholders. Last week, as the company's shares took a tumble, they must have been asking if their golden goose was about to be slain. The airline's shares recorded a further 19% one-day tumble after warning of the impact of higher fuel prices. Synonyms drop, fall, plunge, dive, nosedive, slump, decline, collapse informal crash 1.2 An untidy or confused arrangement or state. 混乱；杂乱 her hair was a tumble of untamed curls 她的卷发乱作一团。 Example sentencesExamples I heard the soft snick of a door as the glaring lights and confused tumble of sound was shut away. Her hair was a tumble of blonde curls. He had tumbles of dark hair past his shoulders, a smirking mouth and a naturally flirty gaze. A young man stepped into the firelight, his face partly obscured by tumbles of dark brown hair. I would have recognized the set of her back and the tumble of her blond hair anywhere. Her tumble of glossy black curls hid everything but the tip of her nose. His bloodshot, blue eyes were hidden behind a tumble of greasy brown hair. Her tumble of raven colored hair fell across her shoulders spilling into her lap. Synonyms jumble, mess, clutter, confusion chaos, disorder, disarray 2A handspring, somersault in the air, or other acrobatic feat. 翻跟头 Example sentencesExamples I have never recaptured the excitement of running up to begin a tumble or of preparing for that first round-off and back-flip. She can perform huge vertical or horizontal leaps, often resulting in gymnastic tumbles and rolls in midair. He did the high wire. He did the acrobat tumbles. Hampton has been into fitness since she took her first tumble in gymnastics as a young girl. 3informal An act of sexual intercourse. 〈非正式〉性交 Example sentencesExamples I figured anyone who's that good in bed would definitely be worth a tumble. 4US informal A friendly sign of recognition, acknowledgement, or interest. 〈美，非正式〉（表认可、感激或感兴趣的）示好 not a soul gave him a tumble 没有一个人向他示好。 Origin Middle English (as a verb, also in the sense 'dance with contortions'): from Middle Low German tummelen; compare with Old English tumbian 'to dance'. The sense was probably influenced by Old French tomber 'to fall'. The noun, first in the sense 'tangled mass', dates from the mid 17th century. Rhymes bumble, crumble, fumble, grumble, humble, jumble, mumble, rough-and-tumble, rumble, scumble, stumble, umbel Definition of tumble in US English: tumble verbˈtəmbəlˈtəmbəl 1no object, with adverbial (typically of a person) fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong. （尤指人）突然地（或笨拙地、头朝下地）跌倒 she pitched forward, tumbling down the remaining stairs 她向前一倾，从剩下几级楼梯上滚了下来。 Example sentencesExamples Her body tumbled down to the ground. All of a sudden, Alli tripped and tumbled down the steps. He fell forward over the baloneys edge and tumbled down. I turned over to find I had fallen down the stairs, and I had also hit my arm against the banister as I tumbled down. She tumbled down the steps, and got knocked unconscious. He tumbled down to the edge and narrowly managed to avoid falling to almost certain death. She nearly let go and tumbled down the side of the rocks. Looking up at the water fall she had just tumbled down she decided to keep moving. Fat drops tumbled down to slick the streets. Loose chunks of grit and rubble tumbled down on them. Rebecca tumbled down after her, and Gabby fell somewhere on top of both of them. Suddenly her heel caught in the stairs and she tumbled down, head first, ruining her flowers and expensive hair do. They tumbled down, falling down a small hill then down some brush. He released the gun and tumbled down the stairs. The leaves tumbled down the path, agitated by a sudden breeze. He tumbled down towards the ground, Flintar trailing him. He tumbled down the stairs and landed at the bottom. With a misguided step, Darien tumbled down a steep hill. Speaking to the doctor, she found out that Andrea had been hit on the head, tumbled down the stairs and had been caught in a fire. The excavator had been lowering a skip to the bottom of the hole when it tipped over the edge and tumbled down. Synonyms fall, fall over, fall down, topple over, lose one's footing, lose one's balance, keel over, pitch over, take a spill, collapse, fall headlong, fall head over heels, fall end over end 1.1 Move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way. 跌跌撞撞（或无拘束）地走，冲 police and dogs tumbled from the vehicle 警察与狗匆忙地冲下了车。 Example sentencesExamples The pair tumbled into his room, pitch black with night. We tumbled out of the vehicle and took in the view. They ran up together as fast as they could and tumbled into Ginnys room. India tumbles on uncontrollably to becoming the diabetes capital of the world. They all tumbled into their room, getting out their work. He moved out of her way as she nearly tumbled into the aisle. As she said it, she flung the door open, and a young man tumbled into the room. Charles tumbled out of the room, and leaped to his feet. Ten minutes late, he tumbles into the room in a kind of flailing pirouette, scatter gunning apologies. I'm parked in front of the television my thumb resting on the remote control volume button in case the kids decide to noisily tumble into the room. Doug turned so I wouldn't hit the floor and we tumbled into the room causing several heads to turn. She saw them tumbling towards her and rushed to help them. Synonyms hurry, rush, scramble, pile cascade, fall, stream, flow, pour, spill 1.2 (of something abstract) fall rapidly in amount or value. （指抽象事物的数量或价值）暴跌 property prices tumbled 房地产价暴跌。 Example sentencesExamples Home owners have complained that the parade of neglected shops and flats on St George's Avenue has sent property prices in the area tumbling and left them unable to sell their houses. The weather is still glorious, the crowds have thinned out and prices have tumbled. Prices have tumbled. The football club's market value has now tumbled from £34.9 million in September last year. A silver lining in the world economy can be found in the global oil market, where prices have been tumbling in recent weeks. Prices continue to tumble, and the machines grow ever faster. In an economic slowdown, corporate profits fall and stock prices tumble, too. The company was slow to react when rival cut their prices and sales tumbled. Picture phones: you might sniff at them now, but picture phones are becoming more pervasive and prices are tumbling. Stock prices tumbled today on word of a big drop in consumer confidence. Prices tumbled, imports poured in, banks lost their silver reserves and collapsed, and industrial firms went bankrupt for lack of cash. The market value of wealth has tumbled, the real estate bubble looks set to burst, and unemployment is now rising sharply. U.S. Cattle prices tumbled almost 18 percent as a $3 billion export market blinked out. Estate agents predict house values could tumble. Homeowners, watching the value of their flats tumble, complain that he flip-flopped on his housing policy - without telling the public. There's more money around, people are experimenting and the price of cocaine is tumbling. Share prices tumbled, and the total value of shares in Britain is less than half what it was at the height of the 1990s boom. Will the arrival of new broadband services see prices tumble? Homeownership is a key source of consumer wealth, and home values have been rising even as stock prices have tumbled. In a recent article, The Times newspaper suggested there could be an oversupply of natural gas in two years and prices could tumble. Synonyms fall sharply, fall steeply, plummet, plunge, dive, nosedive, take a dive, drop rapidly, slump, slide, fall, decrease, decline 1.3with object Rumple; disarrange. 弄乱；弄皱 he slept fitfully for the third night in a row, tumbling the covers about him as he tried to get comfortable Synonyms tousle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, make untidy, disarrange, disorder, mess up 2no object Perform acrobatic or gymnastic exercises, typically handsprings and somersaults in the air. 表演翻跟头 Example sentencesExamples On floor exercise one gymnast tumbled a double layout, two whips to double pike, and stuck full-in dismount. If you want to juggle, fly on the trapeze, tumble: here's the place to do it. They tumble, juggle, balance, swing and hula hoop with a confidence and humour far beyond what you would expect for students of a tertiary course. I will probably have to get surgery after Worlds because, for now, I can't tumble at all. People who easily tumble on land can become quickly disoriented trying to do the same move in the water. In 1999, she suffered the same injury to her left knee while tumbling on floor exercise. Being able to balance on her hands, to turn cartwheels, to tumble and flip is part of who she is. They threw themselves through the air, others tumbled, cartwheeled and bounced. Gonzales tumbled well on floor, showing a double layout, Arabian double front, full-in, and whip to double pike. She remembered weather like this when she would get thrown up in stunts, yelling out cheers, tumbling until it hurt. The specialized art of jumping, tumbling, and balancing, requiring agility and skilful control of the body. Stacey's parents saw talent in their daughter, who loved tumbling on their front lawn with her best friend. But he tumbled several high double layouts on floor exercise, and caught both a Kolman and layout Kovacs on high bar. A fractured bone in her foot restricted Pam to tumbling and vaulting only once a week leading up to the competition. She earned her highest score of the day, a 9.525, on floor exercise, where she tumbled a split-leg double layout. 2.1 (of tumbler pigeons) repeatedly turn over backward in flight. （翻头鸽）在飞翔中不断后翻 3tumble toinformal no object Understand the meaning or hidden implication of (a situation) 〈非正式〉明白，领悟，洞悉 she tumbled to our scam Example sentencesExamples Rather oddly, Mrs Waters does not now or later tumble to Tom's identity. Synonyms realize, understand, grasp, comprehend, take in, apprehend, perceive, see, recognize 4informal with object Have sexual intercourse with (someone). 〈非正式〉做爱 5with object Clean (castings, gemstones, etc.) in a tumbling barrel. 用滚净筒把（铸件、宝石矿石等）弄干净 nounˈtəmbəlˈtəmbəl 1A sudden or headlong fall. 突然跌倒；头朝下跌倒 I took a tumble in the nettles 我跌倒在荨麻上。 Example sentencesExamples She took a tumble and banged up her left knee. The woman fell to the ground in a small tumble. When he tumbles headlong down some stairs, we're treated to a slow-motion pan, looking down on him. Her helmet had fallen off in the undignified tumble. In my fifth month, I received a phonecall from England informing me that my grandfather had fallen over; nothing life-threatening, just a simple tumble in the garden. He has failed to recover fully from the broken neck which he suffered in a horrible tumble. ‘I didn't feel great,’ she admitted, confessing to having had a hip injury since she took a tumble in her previous track race in America last weekend. Fulham appeal for a penalty when Brevett takes a tumble in the area. You take your tumbles with good grace and always come up smiling. Hopefully, the drawbacks will be overcome before somebody else takes a painful tumble on the daunting steps in the inky gloom. He is in such decline his defeat only emphasised that the tumble is irreversible. McSharry won despite taking a tumble at the 23-miles mark. The day was filled with crashes and tumbles in the deep powder. I caught up with the globetrotting Frenchman in Brisbane and discovered that besides the odd tumble from his motorbike, Gerard has also fallen in love. He certainly gave it his all until a tumble in the second half saw him pick up an horrific leg injury. Ry jumped around stage in excitement before falling off it in a faked tumble of limbs. She has taken a tumble before, but the compulsory crash helmet, leathers and gloves prevented injuries. A competitor in the under 17 race was taken to casualty with a damaged shoulder after taking a tumble on the descent. He took a nasty tumble. The condition means a simple tumble can leave the 14-year-old with broken bones and Hayley has suffered more than 200 fractures since she was born. Synonyms fall, trip, spill 1.1 A rapid fall in amount or value. （数量、价值）暴跌 a tumble in share prices 股价大跌。 Example sentencesExamples Wool prices took a tumble in Sydney and Melbourne yesterday. There is a lot of upset around its share price tumble. Demand is suddenly more than sated and the price of chips takes a mighty tumble. The airline's shares recorded a further 19% one-day tumble after warning of the impact of higher fuel prices. There had been fears that Friday's game would have hit the markets badly, with thousands taking a day off work and share prices taking a tumble, whatever the outcome. Lamb producers are bracing themselves for a tumble in prices. The crash had a period of exuberance followed by an alarmingly rapid tumble. What if interest rates were to suddenly rise sharply or prices in the capital were to take a tumble? Telecommunications stocks have taken a tumble, but some telecom CEOs still managed to create value for their shareholders. Flabbergasted auctioneer Keith Lomax blamed Beckham's penalty stumble for the tumble in prices. Prices have taken a tumble. The company's shares inevitably took a tumble. So far this year, sizeable share price tumbles are running at half the rate seen during last year. Here are five companies that could falter should house prices take a tumble. Despite the predictions, some first-time buyers remained confident there would be a tumble in prices. Like his marriage, the shares took a tumble. Last week, as the company's shares took a tumble, they must have been asking if their golden goose was about to be slain. The tumble erased 4.4 billion euros from the company's market value for the week. Synonyms drop, fall, plunge, dive, nosedive, slump, decline, collapse 1.2 An untidy or confused arrangement or state. 混乱；杂乱 her hair was a tumble of untamed curls 她的卷发乱作一团。 Example sentencesExamples I would have recognized the set of her back and the tumble of her blond hair anywhere. Her hair was a tumble of blonde curls. Her tumble of raven colored hair fell across her shoulders spilling into her lap. I heard the soft snick of a door as the glaring lights and confused tumble of sound was shut away. A young man stepped into the firelight, his face partly obscured by tumbles of dark brown hair. His bloodshot, blue eyes were hidden behind a tumble of greasy brown hair. Her tumble of glossy black curls hid everything but the tip of her nose. He had tumbles of dark hair past his shoulders, a smirking mouth and a naturally flirty gaze. Synonyms jumble, mess, clutter, confusion 2A handspring, somersault in the air, or other acrobatic feat. 翻跟头 Example sentencesExamples Hampton has been into fitness since she took her first tumble in gymnastics as a young girl. I have never recaptured the excitement of running up to begin a tumble or of preparing for that first round-off and back-flip. She can perform huge vertical or horizontal leaps, often resulting in gymnastic tumbles and rolls in midair. He did the high wire. He did the acrobat tumbles. 3informal An act of sexual intercourse. 〈非正式〉性交 Example sentencesExamples I figured anyone who's that good in bed would definitely be worth a tumble. 4US informal A friendly sign of recognition, acknowledgment, or interest. 〈美，非正式〉（表认可、感激或感兴趣的）示好 not a soul gave him a tumble 没有一个人向他示好。 Origin Middle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘dance with contortions’): from Middle Low German tummelen; compare with Old English tumbian ‘to dance’. The sense was probably influenced by Old French tomber ‘to fall’. The noun, first in the sense ‘tangled mass’, dates from the mid 17th century.
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