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(1):

(v. i.) To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.

(2):

(v. t.) To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; - sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.

(3):

(v. i.) To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.

(4):

(v. t.) To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.

(5):

(n.) Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.

(6):

(v. i.) To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tumble'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tumble.html. 1828.
 
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