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Exact Match:

tumble

an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end

do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully

suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat

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"

fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"

throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"

roll over and over, back and forth

fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

Synonyms:

• alight upon,
• apprehend,
• arsy-varsiness,
• ball up,
• bite the dust,
• blow down,
• blow over,
• blunder,
• blunder upon,
• blur,
• blur distinctions,
• bollix up,
• bow,
• bowl down,
• bowl over,
• break up,
• breakdown,
• bring down,
• bulldog,
• bump into,
• capsize,
• careen,
• career,
• cast down,
• catch on,
• chance upon,
• chop down,
• clutter,
• collapse,
• come a cropper,
• come across,
• come down,
• come on,
• come up against,
• come upon,
• comedown,
• comprehend,
• confound,
• confuse,
• crash,
• cropper,
• crumble,
• crumble to dust,
• culbute,
• cut down,
• dash down,
• deck,
• deflation,
• descend,
• dig,
• discover serendipitously,
• disintegrate,
• dive,
• down,
• downfall,
• drop,
• dump,
• encounter,
• fall,
• fall down,
• fall flat,
• fall headlong,
• fall in with,
• fall over,
• fall prostrate,
• fall to pieces,
• falter,
• farrago,
• fell,
• fetch down,
• fidget,
• flip out,
• floor,
• flop,
• flounce,
• flounder,
• flutter,
• forced landing,
• foul up,
• freak out on,
• fumble,
• garble,
• get a cropper,
• get high on,
• glow,
• go down,
• go pitapat,
• go to pieces,
• go under,
• ground,
• grovel,
• happen upon,
• hash,
• have enough,
• have the fidgets,
• have the shakes,
• header,
• heave,
• helter-skelter,
• hew down,
• higgledy-piggledy,
• hit upon,
• hobbyhorse,
• hodgepodge,
• hysteron proteron,
• jerk,
• jumble,
• jumble together,
• keel over,
• knock down,
• labor,
• lay level,
• lay low,
• lay out,
• level,
• lick the dust,
• light upon,
• list,
• litter,
• lose,
• lose out,
• lose the day,
• lurch,
• make heavy weather,
• mash,
• meet up with,
• meet with,
• mess,
• mishmash,
• mix,
• mix up,
• mow down,
• muck up,
• muddle,
• nose dive,
• overlook distinctions,
• palpitate,
• pant,
• perceive,
• pi,
• pitch,
• pitch and plunge,
• pitch and toss,
• play hob with,
• plunge,
• pound,
• pratfall,
• precipitate,
• prostrate,
• pull down,
• quake,
• quaver,
• quiver,
• rase,
• raze,
• rear,
• reel,
• riffle,
• rock,
• roll,
• rummage,
• run across,
• run into,
• run up against,
• say uncle,
• scend,
• scramble,
• screw up,
• see the light,
• seethe,
• send headlong,
• shake,
• shiver,
• shuffle,
• slip,
• slump,
• smash,
• snafu,
• snarl up,
• spill,
• sprawl,
• spread-eagle,
• squirm,
• stagger,
• struggle,
• stumble,
• stumble on,
• stumble upon,
• succumb,
• supinate,
• sway,
• swell,
• swell with emotion,
• swing,
• tailspin,
• take a fall,
• take a flop,
• take a header,
• take a pratfall,
• take a spill,
• take down,
• take the count,
• thrash about,
• thrill,
• thrill to,
• throb,
• throw,
• throw down,
• tilt,
• tingle,
• tingle with excitement,
• topple,
• topple down,
• topple over,
• topsy-turviness,
• topsy-turvydom,
• toss,
• toss and tumble,
• toss and turn,
• totter,
• tremble,
• trip,
• tumble on,
• tumble to,
• turmoil,
• turn on to,
• turn turtle,
• twist and turn,
• twitch,
• twitter,
• understand,
• unholy mess,
• upset,
• volutation,
• wallop,
• wallow,
• welter,
• whack down,
• wiggle,
• wise up,
• wriggle,
• writhe,
• yaw