tumble

Definitions

1. A fall, especially end over end.
2. A village in Llannon community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5411).
3. A disorderly heap.
4. An act of sexual intercourse.
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.”

“When at last⟳ we stopped in a tumble of bodies on the grass, laughing, and in Dad's case, out of breath, we were like⟳ little kids (I mean⟳ 5 or 6! After all I am 12!) at the end⟳ of a playground session.”

“Wouldn't it be jolly now, / To take⟳ our Aertex panters off / And have⟳ a jolly tumble in / The jolly, jolly sun?”

“When you've just had a tumble between the sheets and are feeling rumpled and lazy, she may want⟳ to get⟳ up so she can make⟳ the bed.”

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