·noun Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
II. Tumble ·vt To Disturb; to Rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
III. Tumble ·vi To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
IV. Tumble ·vi To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
V. Tumble ·vi To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an Acrobat.
VI. Tumble ·vt To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to Precipitate;
— sometimes with over, about, ·etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.