tumbling

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adj falling

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Word Origin & History

c.1300, "to perform as an acrobat," also "to fall down," perhaps from a frequentative form of Old English tumbian "dance about," of unknown origin. Related to Middle Low German tummelen "to turn, dance," Dutch tuimelen "to tumble," Old High German tumon, German taumeln "to turn, reel." Related: Tumbled; tumbling. Tumble-down (1791) originally meant "habitually falling down" and was used first of horses; sense of "in a dilapidated condition" is recorded from 1818.

Example Sentences for tumbling

He said I was drunk myself and that he heard me tumbling up the stairs to bed.

There in front of him, heaving and tumbling, was the sea: a miracle of healing and cleansing.

She supposed Julie was behind her, but, fearful of tumbling, she had been still as a mouse.

While we are straining our eyes into the distance, justice is tumbling out at our feet.

Sensible perception, like everything else, is tumbling to pieces.

On the path I met my mother, with baby, toddling and tumbling by her side.

I heard the big bowders shifted from their beds by the tumbling waters.

When he quit his tumbling and rushing I led him close to the boat.

Blue lightning streamed on a lane of tumbling waters at its foot.

He had hardly reached the bottom when Smiler was tumbling beside him.

tumbling

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acrobatics

blowing

falling

floor exercise

gymnastics

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blowing

falling

floor exercise

gymnastics

Synonyms for tumbling

acrobatics