What does tumbling mean?
Tumbling means present participle and gerund of tumble.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of tumble.
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.
And you have left off tumbling when you waltz now?
Use tumbling when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tumbling means present participle and gerund of tumble.
Common synonyms include moving, billowing, falling, acrobatics.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
These so many conquests must needs bring with them many tumblings and tossings, many disturbances and changes in government[…]
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