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tumble
[tuhm-buhl]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall or make fall awkwardly |
| Synonyms: | bowl down, bring down, descend, dip, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disturb, do a pratfall, down, drop, fall headlong, flatten, floor, flop, go belly up, go down, hit the dirt, jumble, keel, keel over, knock down, knock over, level, lose footing, lose it, mess up, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, roll, sag, skid, slip, slump, spill, stumble, take a header, tip over, topple, toss, trip, unsettle, upset |
| Main Entry: | tumbling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acrobatics |
| Synonyms: | gymnastics, somersaults |
| Main Entry: | acrobatics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | athletic floor exercises |
| Synonyms: | balancing, feats, gymnastics, somersaults, stunts, tumbling |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make request, suggestion |
| Synonyms: | accost, address, advise, appeal to, apply to, beseech, confer, consult, entreat, feel, feel one out, give a play, give a tumble, greet, implore, make advance, make overture, make up to, plead, propose, sound out, speak to, supplicate, take aside, talk to, thumb, tumble |
| Main Entry: | bring down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or hurt |
| Synonyms: | KO, abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, knock down, lay low, level, lower, mow down, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, shoot down, slay, throw down, tumble, undermine, upset, wound |
| Antonyms: | aid, encourage, help, raise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bump into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen upon |
| Synonyms: | chance upon, come across, encounter, hit, light, light upon, luck, meet, meet up with, run across, run into, stumble, tumble |
| Main Entry: | capture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch and forcefully hold |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, arrest, bag*, bust, catch, collar, conquer, cop, gain control, get, grab*, hook*, land, nab, nail, net, occupy, overwhelm, pick up*, pinch*, prehend, pull in, put the cuffs on, round up, run in, secure, seize, snare, snatch, take, take captive, take into custody, take prisoner, trap, tumble |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, liberate, lose, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cascade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in a rush |
| Synonyms: | descend, disgorge, flood, gush, heave, overflow, pitch, plunge, pour, spew, spill, spit up, surge, throw up, tumble, vomit |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
| Synonyms: | arrive, be one's fate, befall, betide, blunder on, break, bump, come, come about, come off, come to pass, fall out, fall to one's lot, go, hap, hit upon, light, light upon, luck, meet, occur, stumble, stumble on, transpire, tumble, turn up |
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