Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Gymnastics, such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings, performed without the use of specialized apparatus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of falling; also, the act of turning somersaults, and the like; specifically, the action of the tumbler pigeon in flight.
- Falling; fleeting; passing; transitory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & vb. n. from
tumble , v. - Same as
Rumble , n., 4. - an overfall, or weir, in a canal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
tumble .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
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Examples
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These elements come together because writer-director Christopher Nolan, who did the last two "Batman" films, is a master at creating what he calls a tumbling forward quality, where you're being pulled into the action.
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And if you break your leg tumbling from a tree stand, it's little comfort to know that Tiger Woods could tee up and clear the distance that stands between you and help.
Back-Forty Survival 2009
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"You have to be streetwise," said knotholer Tim Coppola, looking up at another hazard: objects such as beer bottles tumbling from the stadium wall above.
Watching Baseball Through 'Knothole' Isn't Naughty When Giants Play Jim Carlton 2010
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Guess what came tumbling from the stroller when I opened it?
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Evening it up gender-wise, no one ever hit quite so many branches tumbling from the ugly tree as George Gardiner, a man so 'homely' that he appears to be blocked from google image searches.
Ugly Women in Politics Continued Newmania 2007
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As they fly they call a tumbling silvery trill, musical and intimate, that seems to keep them together and makes you look up.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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Add that to the endless energy of the average preschooler and I am wondering should I put him in tumbling or karate?
Thursday Thirteen # 33: I have Questions « Adventures in Juggling 2006
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Add that to the endless energy of the average preschooler and I am wondering should I put him in tumbling or karate?
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Supermanâs true enemies are disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes, jet planes tumbling from the sky, enormous meteors that would crush cities.
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It brought Napoleon tumbling from a throne at the height of his power, and has ruined more men and more women, caused wreck and injury to more kingdoms and more states, than all the other temptations, probably, to which individual rulers have been subject.
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