Tumbling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Tumbling is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of tumble.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of tumble.
More Meanings
- The act of something that tumbles.
Example Sentences
And you have left off tumbling when you waltz now?
These so many conquests must needs bring with them many tumblings and tossings, many disturbances and changes in government[…]
Having feasted our souls with this sublime spectacle, we ministered to the wants of the body by a plentiful breakfast, and about noon we commenced the descent, rendered ludicrous enough by various tumblings and sprawlings on the part of the more inexpert mountaineers.
Word Forms
- tumblings
Synonyms for tumbling
Depending on context, synonyms include moving, billowing, falling, acrobatics, rolling.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include falling, billowing, moving, acrobatics, rolling, deteriorating.
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