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91To tumble home — 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… …
92tumble — Random turning or tumbling movements made by bacteria when they stop moving in a straight line …
93tumble home — 1. Naut. an inward and upward slope of the middle body of a vessel. 2. Also, tumblehome. a similar shape for the body of an automobile. [1825 35] * * * …
94tumble dry — verb a) To make or become dry by rolling about in the heated rotating drum of a clothes dryer b) To dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder …
95tumble dryer — noun An electrical device that dries clothes in a rotating drum which tumbles the clothes in a flow of hot air. Syn: clothes drier …
96tumble down — verb topple, collapse Williams has said, in the days following his firing by NPR, that a lot of his assumptions came tumbling down he was a Liberal because he thought that Liberals were tolerant, open minded folk. See Also: tumbledown …
97tumble to — verb To discover, or suddenly understand something. He finally tumbled to our secret …
98tumble-turd — noun A beetle …
99tumble drier — noun A machine for drying clothes after being washed, which includes a rotating drum which tumbles the clothes in a flow of hot air …
100tumble — 1. noun /tʌmbəl/ A fall 2. verb /tʌmbəl/ a) To fall end over end. The two animals tumbled over each other in their eagerness to get inside, and heard the door shut behind them with great joy and relief. b) To perform gymn …
