to tumble
111tumble limit — The angular displacement in the pitch or the roll a gyro will tolerate before it reaches its gimbal stops and topples or tumbles …
112tumble — i. To rotate end over end. It is said of a rocket, an ejection capsule, etc. ii. Of a gyro, to precess suddenly and to an extreme extent as a result of exceeding the operating limits of its bank or pitch. See toppled …
113tumble-down — a. Tottering, ready to fall, dilapidated …
114tumble — I. v. n. 1. Roll, toss, heave, pitch about. 2. Fall, be precipitated, fall over, roll down, fall suddenly, topple. 3. Play mountebank tricks. II. v. a. 1. Precipitate, throw headlong. 2. Turn over, throw about. 3 …
115tumble dryer — noun (C) BrE a machine that uses hot air to dry clothes after they have been washed; dryer …
116tumble-down — adj dilapidated, ramshackle, ruined, in ruins, broken down, gone to wrack and ruin; in disrepair, rundown, Sl. sleazy; fallen to pieces, crumbled, crumbling, ready to fall; decrepit, tottering, unstable, shaky; untrustworthy, insecure, unsafe …
117tumble — tum·ble …
118tumble — verb 1) he tumbled over Syn: fall (over/down), topple over, lose one s balance, take a spill, trip (up), stumble 2) oil prices tumbled Syn: plummet, plunge, dive, nosedive, drop …
119ˌtumble ˈdryer — noun [C] British a machine that you use for making clothes dry after they have been washed …
120tumble — tum•ble [[t]ˈtʌm bəl[/t]] v. bled, bling, n. 1) to fall helplessly down, esp. headfirst 2) to roll end over end, as in falling 3) to fall or decline rapidly; drop: Prices on the stock exchange tumbled[/ex] 4) to perform gymnastic feats of skill,… …
