"tumb" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tumbs [present, singular, third-person], tumbing [participle, present], tumbed [participle, past], tumbed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌm Etymology: From Middle English tumben, tomben, from Old English tumbian (“to tumble, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn round”). Cognate with Middle High German tumen (“to turn round”), Icelandic tumba (“to tumble”). See tumble. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tumben}} Middle English tumben, {{m|enm|tomben}} tomben, {{inh|en|ang|tumbian||to tumble, leap, dance}} Old English tumbian (“to tumble, leap, dance”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tūmōną||to turn round}} Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn round”), {{cog|gmh|tumen||to turn round}} Middle High German tumen (“to turn round”), {{cog|is|tumba||to tumble}} Icelandic tumba (“to tumble”), {{l|en|tumble}} tumble Head templates: {{en-verb}} tumb (third-person singular simple present tumbs, present participle tumbing, simple past and past participle tumbed)
  1. (intransitive, archaic) To tumble; jump; dance. Tags: archaic, intransitive Related terms: tumble
    Sense id: en-tumb-en-verb-ZWU1cLK9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old High German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old High German entries with incorrect language header: 22 32 5 5 31 2 2

Inflected forms

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