"tumble" meaning in English

See tumble in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tʌmbəl/ Audio: en-us-tumble.ogg [US] Forms: tumble [canonical], tumbles [third-person, singular], tumbled [past], tumbled [past, participle], tumbling [present, participle]
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  1. When you tumble, you fall down over and over again. Synonyms: topple, roll
    Sense id: simple-tumble-en-verb-ET~9h1YW
     
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