A fall, especially end over end.
I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.
A fall, trip or substantial misstep.
A disorderly heap.
An error or blunder.
(informal) An act of sexual intercourse.
A clumsy walk.
(intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
(intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
He stumbled over a rock.
(intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
(intransitive) To make a mistake or have trouble.
I always stumble over verbs in Spanish.
(intransitive) To drop rapidly.
Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure.
(transitive) To cause to stumble or trip.
(transitive) To smoothe and polish, e.g., gemstones or pebbles, by means of a rotating tumbler.
To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
To have sexual intercourse.
To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against.
(intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
an unsteady uneven gait
To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
to tumble a bed
an unintentional but embarrassing blunder;
he recited the whole poem without a single trip
he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later
confusion caused his unfortunate misstep
(cryptocurrency) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
walk unsteadily;
The drunk man stumbled about
To comprehend; often in tumble to.
miss a step and fall or nearly fall;
She stumbled over the tree root
an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
encounter by chance;
I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant
a sudden drop from an upright position;
he had a nasty spill on the ice
make an error;
She slipped up and revealed the name
fall down, as if collapsing;
The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it
cause to topple or tumble by pushing
roll over and over, back and forth
fly around;
The clothes tumbled in the dryer
rising smoke whirled in the air
fall apart;
the building crimbled after the explosion
Negociations broke down
throw together in a confused mass;
They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern
understand, usually after some initial difficulty;
She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
fall suddenly and sharply;
Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency
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
suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
