2syllables
tumbling
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Definitions oftumbling
1verb
- To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
- To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
- To drop rapidly.
Example: "Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure."
- To smoothe and polish, e.g., gemstones or pebbles, by means of a rotating tumbler.
- To have sexual intercourse.
- To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
- To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
Example: "to tumble a bed"
- (cryptocurrency) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
1noun
- The act of something that tumbles.
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