ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. 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

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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