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  • 51tumble-dry — /tʌmbəl ˈdraɪ/ (say tumuhl druy) verb (t) (tumble dried, tumble drying) to dry (clothes) in a tumble dryer …

  • 52tumble dry — transitive verb Date: 1962 to dry (as clothes) by tumbling in a dryer • tumble dryer noun • tumble drying noun …

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  • 53tumble — I. verb (tumbled; tumbling) Etymology: Middle English, frequentative of tumben to dance, from Old English tumbian; akin to Old High German tūmōn to reel Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to fall suddenly and helplessly b. to suffer a… …

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  • 54Tumble bus — A tumble bus is a full sized United States school bus that s been converted into a mobile gymnasiuman. They are often equipped with modified and smaller versions of most equipment found in gymnastics centers. Often, tumble buses offer weekly… …

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  • 55Tumble in the Rough — Single infobox Name = Tumble in the Rough Artist = Stone Temple Pilots Released = 1997 Recorded = 1996 Writer = Scott Weiland Producer = Brendan O Brien Genre = Alternative rock Tumble in the Rough is a 1997 promo single by the American rock band …

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  • 56tumble-dry — /tum beuhl druy /, v.t. tumble dried, tumble drying. to dry (washing) in a clothes drier in which articles are rotated vertically through heated air. [1965 70] * * * …

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  • 57Tumble — Original name in latin Tumble Name in other language Tumble, y Tymbl State code GB Continent/City Europe/London longitude 51.78361 latitude 4.10972 altitude 197 Population 4040 Date 2012 01 20 …

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  • 58tumble — [13] Tumble was borrowed from Middle Low German tummelen, which has other relatives in modern German tummeln ‘bustle, hurry’ and taumeln ‘reel, stagger’. All were formed from a base that also found its way into the Romance languages, producing… …

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  • 59tumble — verb 1》 fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong.     ↘perform acrobatic feats, typically handsprings and somersaults. 2》 decrease rapidly in amount or value. 3》 dry in a tumble dryer. 4》 rumple; disarrange. 5》 (tumble to) informal come to… …

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  • 60tumble — 1. verb 1) he tumbled over Syn: fall (over), fall down, topple over, lose one s balance, keel over, take a spill, go headlong, go head over heels, trip, stumble; informal come a cropper 2) they all tumbled from the room Syn …

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