Meaning of tumble | Babel Free
ˈtʌmbl̩Definitions
- A fall, especially end over end.
- A village in Llannon community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5411).
- A disorderly heap.
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An act of sexual intercourse. informal
Equivalents
Български
падане
Bosanski
tombola
Deutsch
Absturz
Fall
fallen
herumfallen
herunterfallen
herunterstürzen
Purzelbaum
Purzeln
Rolle
Rollen
sich überschlagen
stolpern
Sturz
stürzen
taumeln
Überschlag
umstürzen
Walken
Ελληνικά
πέσει
Hrvatski
tombola
Հայերեն
անկում
Bahasa Indonesia
koprol
Íslenska
velta
日本語
蹶
한국어
踣
Kurdî
bûkik
Nederlands
tuimelen
Русский
кувырка́ние
кувыркаться
обрушиться
опрокидываться
опрокинуться
падать
падение
рушиться
упасть
Српски
tombola
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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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