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tumble

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Definitions
verb

understand, usually after some initial difficulty

verb

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”

verb

roll over and over, back and forth

verb

suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat

verb

throw together in a confused mass

“They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern”

verb

fall down, as if collapsing

“The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it”

verb

cause to topple or tumble by pushing

verb

fly around

“The clothes tumbled in the dryer”

noun

a sudden drop from an upright position

noun

an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end

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