Definitions:

1. fall down, as if collapsing verb
   • The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it
2. fall suddenly and sharply verb
   • Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency
3. fly around verb
   • The clothes tumbled in the dryer
4. put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying verb
   • Wash in warm water and tumble dry
5. throw together in a confused mass verb
   • They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern

Synonyms:

• break down
• catch on
• collapse
• cotton on
• crumble
• crumple
• fall
• get it
• get onto
• get wise
• latch on
• tip
• topple
• twig
• whirl
• whirl around

NearBy Words:

• tumble-down
• tumble-dryer
• tumblebug
• tumbler
• tumbleweed