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tumbled
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tumble \Tum"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tumbled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tumbling .] [OE. tumblen, AS. tumbian to turn heels over head, to dance violently; akin to D. tuimelen to fall, Sw. tumla, Dan. tumle, Icel. tumba; and cf. G. taumeln to reel, to stagger.] ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: tumble )
Usage examples of tumbled.
The Knights who rode guard on the carriage shouted in surprise as the two tumbled to the street, but they were no more adventurous than the ones inside.
Standing up abruptly, he tumbled a startled Noel off his lap, catching her and setting her on her feet before she landed in aheap on the floor.
Not surprisingly, Ake lost his balance and tumbled to the ground, disappearing under hundreds of kilos of insistent scout dogs.
When all efforts had failed, Seregil had tumbled into it beside Alec and fallen asleep almost at once.
Then it shook the shell hard until the ammonite, still alive, tumbled out into the water, naked for the first time in its life.
With each mortal wound, an amphibian pitched writhing into space and tumbled flailing against those behind.
And he the wind-whipped, anywhither wave Crazily tumbled on a shingle-grave To waste in foam.
He entered the next cellar and picked his way through a tumbled mass of ceiling that threw up sparks as his asbestos boots encountered it.
Breakfast dishes went flying, shattering, mess tables upended, lockers spilled open, and in the belowdeck barbettes, massive gun turrets tore free from their housings and tumbled grindingly down the slanting platforms, crushing crewmen.
He tumbled again, only nominally under control, shrieking incoherently around his beakful of stolen weapon.
The blade bounced off the hide of the Blimp and, with most of its speed lost, tumbled into Olga, who picked it up.
The groom on the box was still clasping the blunderbuss, and staring fascinated at the tumbled figure in the road.
Learning, it blundered into the barrier wall and tumbled back into a cloud of lifted Stardust.
The nozzle jerked loose and tumbled along the bark with Booce wrapped around it.
Two wings extended out toward the street, creating a garden-like area in the center that was planted with pink and gray caladium, banks of philodendrons and elephant ears, climbing roses, banana trees, bamboo, crepe myrtle and azaleas, whose blooms puffed in the wind and tumbled on the grass.