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”
noun
an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
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