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tumble

VI ล้ม หกคะเมน ตีลังกา กลิ้ง ไปมา som

tumble to something

IDM เข้าใจ ได้ ทันที kao-jai-dai-tan-te

tumble-down

ADJ ซึ่ง ชำรุดทรุดโทรม sueng-cham-lud-sud-som

tumblebug

N แมลง ปีก แข็ง ที่ ชอบ อยู่ ตาม มูลสัตว์

tumbledown

ADJ ซึ่ง พังทลาย ลง sueng-pan-ta-lai

tumbler

N จำนวน หนึ่ง แก้ว jam-nuan-nuang-kea

tumbler

N นัก กายกรรม นัก กายกรรม ผาดโผน การแสดง ผาดโผน nak-kai-ya-kam

tumbler

N แก้วน้ำ ที่ มี ก้น หนา ไม่มี หู จับ kea-nam-ti-me-kon-na-mai-me-hu-jab

tumbleweed

N วัชพืชช นิดหนึ่ง wad-cha-phud-nuang

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TUMBLE

v.i.[L. tumulus, tumultus, tumeo.] 1. To roll; to roll about by turning one way and the other; as, a person in pain tumbles and tosses.
2. To fall; to come down suddenly and violently; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
3. To roll down. The stone of Sisyphus is said to have tumbled to the bottom, as soon as it was carried up the hill.
4. To play mountebank tricks.

TUMBLE

v.t.To turn over; to turn or throw about for examination or searching; sometimes with over; as, to tumble over books or papers; to tumble over clothes. [To tumble over in thought, is not elegant. ] 1. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
To tumble out, to throw or roll out; as, to tumble out casks from a store.
To tumble down, to throw down carelessly.

TUMBLE

TUMBLED

pp. Rolled; disturbed; rumpled; thrown down.

TUMBLER

n.One who tumbles; one who plays the tricks of a mountebank. 1. A large drinking glass.
2. A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from his practice of tumbling or turning over in flight. It is a short-bodied pigeon, of a plain color, black, blue or white.
3. A sort of dog, so called form his practice of tumbling before he attacks his prey.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TUMBLE

Tum "ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tumbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tumbling. ]Etym: [OE. tumblen, AS. tumbian to turn heels over head, to dance violently; akin to D. tuimelen to fall, Sw. tumla, Dan. tumle, Icel. tumba; and cf. G. taumeln to reel, to stagger. ]

1. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.

2. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold. He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill. South.

3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. Rowe. To tumble home (Naut. ), to incline inward, as the sides of a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth; -- used esp. in the phrase tumbling home. Cf. Wall-sided.

TUMBLE

TUMBLE Tum "ble, v. t.

1. 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.

2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.

TUMBLE

TUMBLE Tum "ble, n.

Defn: Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.

TUMBLEBUG

TUMBLEBUG Tum "ble *bug `, n.

Defn: See Tumbledung.

TUMBLE-DOWN

TUMBLE-DOWN Tum "ble-down `, a.

Defn: Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house. [Colloq. ]

TUMBLEDUNG

TUMBLEDUNG Tum "ble *dung `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabæus, Copris, Phanæus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it.

TUMBLER

TUMBLER Tum "bler, n.

1. One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.

2. A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.

Defn: A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.

4. A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.

5. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.

6. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.

7. A kind of cart; a tumbrel. [Prov. Eng. & Scot. ]

TUMBLERFUL

Tum "bler *ful, n.; pl. Tumblerfuls (.

Defn: As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.

TUMBLEWEED

TUMBLEWEED Tum "ble *weed `, n. (Bot. )

Defn: Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc.

New American Oxford Dictionary

tumble

tum ble |ˈtəmbəl ˈtəmbəl | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] (typically of a person ) fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong: she pitched forward, tumbling down the remaining stairs. • move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way: police and dogs tumbled from the vehicle. • (of something abstract ) fall rapidly in amount or value: property prices tumbled. • [ with obj. ] rumple; disarrange: (as adj. tumbled ) : his tumbled bedclothes. • [ with obj. ] informal have sexual intercourse with (someone ). 2 [ no obj. ] Brit. (tumble to ) informal understand the meaning or hidden implication of (a situation ): she tumbled to our scam. 3 [ no obj. ] perform acrobatic or gymnastic exercises, typically handsprings and somersaults in the air. • (of tumbler pigeons ) repeatedly turn over backward in flight. 4 [ with obj. ] clean (castings, gemstones, etc. ) in a tumbling barrel. ▶noun 1 a sudden or headlong fall: I took a tumble in the nettles. • a rapid fall in amount or value: a tumble in share prices. • an untidy or confused arrangement or state: her hair was a tumble of untamed curls. • informal an act of sexual intercourse. • a handspring, somersault in the air, or other acrobatic feat. 2 informal a friendly sign of recognition, acknowledgment, or interest: not a soul gave him a tumble. ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘dance with contortions ’): from Middle Low German tummelen; compare with Old English tumbian ‘to dance ’ The sense was probably influenced by Old French tomber ‘to fall. ’ The noun, first in the sense ‘tangled mass, ’ dates from the mid 17th cent.

tumblebug

tum ble bug |ˈtəmbəlˌbəg ˈtəmbəlbəɡ | ▶noun a dung beetle that rolls balls of dung along the ground.

tumbledown

tum ble down |ˈtəmbəlˌdoun ˈtəmbəlˌdaʊn | ▶adjective (of a building or structure ) falling or fallen into ruin; dilapidated.

tumble dry

tum ble dry ▶verb ( dries, tumble drying, dried ) dry washed clothes by spinning them in hot air inside a dryer.

tumblehome

tum ble home |ˈtəmbəlˌhōm ˈtəmbəlhoʊm | ▶noun the inward slope of the upper part of the sides of a boat or ship.

tumbler

tum bler |ˈtəmblər ˈtəmb (ə )lər | ▶noun 1 a drinking glass with straight sides and no handle or stem. [formerly having a rounded bottom so as not to stand upright. ] 2 an acrobat or gymnast, esp. one who performs somersaults. • a pigeon of a breed that repeatedly turns over backward in flight. 3 a pivoted piece in a lock that holds the bolt until lifted by a key. • a notched pivoted plate in a gunlock. 4 another term for tumbling barrel. DERIVATIVES tum bler ful |-ˌfo͝ol |noun ( pl. tumblerfuls )

tumbleweed

tum ble weed |ˈtəmbəlˌwēd ˈtəmbəlˌwid | ▶noun a plant of dry regions that breaks off near the ground in late summer and is tumbled about by the wind, thereby dispersing its seeds. [Genera Salsola (family Chenopodiaceae ) and Amaranthus (family Amaranthaceae ).]

Oxford Dictionary

tumble

tum ¦ble |ˈtʌmb (ə )l | ▶verb 1 [ no obj., with adverbial ] fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong: she pitched forward, tumbling down the remaining stairs. • move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way: police and dogs tumbled from the vehicle. • [ with obj. ] rumple; disarrange: (as adj. tumbled ) : his tumbled bedclothes. 2 [ no obj. ] perform acrobatic feats, typically handsprings and somersaults in the air. • (of a breed of pigeon ) repeatedly turn over backwards in flight. 3 fall rapidly in amount or value: property prices tumbled. 4 [ with obj. ] dry (washing ) in a tumble dryer. 5 [ no obj. ] (tumble to ) informal understand the meaning or hidden implication of (a situation ): she'll ring again as soon as she tumbles to what she's done. 6 [ with obj. ] informal have sexual intercourse with. 7 [ with obj. ] clean (castings, gemstones, etc. ) in a tumbling barrel. ▶noun 1 a sudden or headlong fall: I took a tumble in the nettles. • an untidy or confused arrangement or state: her hair was a tumble of untamed curls. 2 a handspring, somersault in the air, or other acrobatic feat. 3 a rapid fall in amount or value: a tumble in share prices. 4 informal an act of sexual intercourse. 5 US informal a friendly sign of recognition, acknowledgement, or interest: not a soul gave him a tumble. ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘dance with contortions ’): from Middle Low German tummelen; compare with Old English tumbian ‘to dance ’. The sense was probably influenced by Old French tomber ‘to fall ’. The noun, first in the sense ‘tangled mass ’, dates from the mid 17th cent.

tumblebug

tumble |bug |ˈtʌmb (ə )lbʌg | ▶noun N. Amer. a dung beetle that rolls balls of dung along the ground.

tumbledown

tumble |down |ˈtʌmb (ə )ldaʊn | ▶adjective (of a building or other structure ) falling or fallen into ruin; dilapidated.

tumble dryer

tum ¦ble dryer ▶noun Brit. a machine that dries washed clothes by spinning them in hot air inside a rotating drum. DERIVATIVES tumble-dry verb

tumblehome

tumble |home |ˈtʌmb (ə )lhəʊm | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the inward slope of the upper part of a boat's sides.

tumbler

tum |bler |ˈtʌmblə | ▶noun 1 a drinking glass with straight sides and no handle or stem. [formerly having a rounded bottom so as not to stand upright. ] 2 an acrobat, especially one who performs somersaults. • a pigeon of a breed that repeatedly turns over backwards in flight. 3 (also tumbler dryer ) a tumble dryer. 4 a pivoted piece in a lock that holds the bolt until lifted by a key. • a notched pivoted plate in a gunlock. 5 an electrical switch worked by pushing a small sprung lever. 6 another term for tumbling barrel. DERIVATIVES tumblerful noun ( pl. tumblerfuls )

tumbleweed

tumble |weed |ˈtʌmb (ə )lwiːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] N. Amer. & Austral. /NZ a plant of arid regions which breaks off near the ground in late summer, forming light globular masses which are tumbled about by the wind. ●Genera Salsola (family Chenopodiaceae ) and Amaranthus (family Amaranthaceae ).

American Oxford Thesaurus

tumble

tumble verb 1 he tumbled over : fall (over ), fall down, topple over, lose one's balance, keel over, take a spill, go headlong, go head over heels, trip, stumble; informal come a cropper. 2 they all tumbled from the room: hurry, rush, scramble, scurry, bound, pile, bundle. 3 a creek tumbled over the rocks: cascade, fall, flow, pour, spill, stream. 4 oil prices tumbled: plummet, plunge, fall, dive, nosedive, drop, slump, slide, decrease, decline, crash. ANTONYMS rise. ▶noun 1 I took a tumble in the bushes: fall, trip, spill; informal nosedive. 2 a tumble in share prices: drop, fall, plunge, dive, nosedive, slump, decline, collapse; informal crash. ANTONYMS rise.

tumbledown

tumbledown adjective a tumbledown shack in the woods: dilapidated, ramshackle, decrepit, neglected, beat-up, run-down, falling to pieces, decaying, derelict, crumbling; rickety, shaky.

Oxford Thesaurus

tumble

tumble verb 1 he staggered a step or two and tumbled over : fall (over ), fall down, topple over, lose one's footing, lose one's balance, keel over, pitch over, take a spill, collapse, fall headlong, fall head over heels, fall end over end; trip, trip up, stumble; informal come a cropper; dated measure one's length; archaic grabble. 2 journalists tumbled from the room, jabbering excitedly: hurry, rush, scramble, pile; scurry, scuttle; jump, spring, bound. 3 a narrow brook tumbled over the rocks: cascade, fall, stream, flow, pour, spill. 4 oil prices tumbled: fall steeply /sharply, plummet, plunge, dive, nosedive, take a dive, drop rapidly, slump, slide, fall, decrease, decline; informal crash, go into a tailspin. ANTONYMS rise, soar. 5 her face was devoid of make-up, and her hair was tumbled: tousle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, make untidy, disarrange, disorder, mess up; N. Amer. informal muss (up ). 6 informal I finally tumbled to what was happening: realize, understand, grasp, comprehend, take in, apprehend, perceive, see, recognize; see the light; informal latch on to, cotton on to, catch on to, get, get wise to, get one's head around, figure out, get a fix on, get the message, get the picture; Brit. informal twig, suss; N. Amer. informal savvy. ▶noun 1 I took a tumble in the nettles: fall, trip, spill; informal nosedive, header, cropper. 2 a tumble in share prices: drop, fall, plunge, dive, nosedive, slump, decline, collapse; informal crash. ANTONYMS rise. 3 a tumble of bed linen: jumble, mess, clutter, confusion; chaos, disorder, disarray.

tumbledown

tumbledown adjective a small tumbledown cottage: dilapidated, ramshackle, crumbling, falling to pieces, disintegrating, decaying, decrepit, broken-down, neglected, run down, in disrepair, uncared-for, badly maintained; ruined, in ruins, derelict, gone to rack and ruin, ruinous; rickety, shaky; N. Amer. informal shacky. ANTONYMS well kept, well maintained.

tumbler

tumbler noun glass, drinking glass, beaker; goblet, wine glass; N. Amer. highball glass; archaic stoup; rare rummer.

Duden Dictionary

Tumbler

Tum b ler , Tumb ler Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈtamblɐ |englisch tumbler, gekürzt aus: tumble-drier, aus: to tumble = schleudern und drier, zu: to dry = trocknen schweizerisch elektrischer Wäschetrockner

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tumble

tum ble /tʌ́mb (ə )l /〖語源は「踊りまくる」〗動詞～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; -bling 自動詞 1 «…につまずいて » 転ぶ, 倒れる «over » ; «…から /…を » 転がり落ちる , 転落する «off , from /down » ; 転がる ▸ The child tumbled off the chair .子供はいすから転げ落ちた 2 «…へ » 転がり込む «into » ; «…から » 転がり出る «out of , through » ; のたうち回る, 転げ回る (about )▸ They tumbled out of the door .彼らは扉から転がり出てきた 3 ｟報道｠〈株価価格などが〉 «…から /…まで » 暴落する, 下落する «from /to » ▸ The price tumbled by 10 \% during that year .その年価格が10 \%下落した .4 a. 〈建物などが〉倒壊 [崩壊 ]する (down ).b. 〈組織制度などが〉崩壊する, 突然なくなる (down ).5 a. 〈水が〉 (岩などの上を )勢いよく流れる .b. ｟文｠〈言葉が〉 (興奮して )飛び出す (out, over ).6 〈髪の毛が〉【肩などに】かかっている (down ) «over » .7 ｟米｠とんぼ返り [宙返り ]をする ; タンブリング [マット上で曲芸 ]をする .他動詞 1 …を倒す, ひっくり返す .2 «…へ » …を投げ込む «into » , «…から » 投げ出す «out of » ; …を乱雑に投げ散らす; 〈髪衣服など〉をくしゃくしゃにする .3 〈洗濯物〉を回転式乾燥機にかける .4 〈鋳物宝石など〉を転摩機で磨く .t ú mble for A A 〈人物〉を好きになる .t ú mble into A 〈人が〉A 〈状況〉に (不本意に )陥る, 追い込まれる .t ú mble to A ｟くだけて｠Aが急にわかる, Aにはっと気づく .名詞 1 C 〖通例a ～〗(特に高い所からの )転落, 転倒 .2 C 〖通例a ～〗(株価価格などの )暴落, 下落 ▸ take a tumble 暴落する .3 〖単数形で〗髪のふさ [束 ]; みだれ髪 .4 U 〖時にa ～〗ごちゃごちゃ, 混乱 .5 C とんぼ返り, 宙返り .g è t a t ú mble ｟話｠好意ある目で見られる .g ì ve A a t ú mble ｟話｠Aを好意ある目で見る .～́ dr ỳ er [dr ì er ]｟主に英｠回転式温風乾燥機 .t ú m bling 名詞 U タンブリング〘マットでする曲芸〙.

tumbledown

t ú mble d ò wn t ú mble-d ò wn 形容詞〖名詞の前で〗今にもつぶれそうな〈建物など〉; 荒れ果てた .

tumble-dry

t ù mble-dr ý 動詞 →dry 他動詞〈洗濯物〉を回転式乾燥機にかける .

tumbler

tum bler /tʌ́mbl (ə )r /名詞 C 1 (柄のない )大コップ, タンブラー ; タンブラー1杯の量 .2 軽業師 ; 体操選手 .3 〘鳥〙ハトの一種 .4 (錠の )槓桿（こうかん）; (銃の )はじき金 .

tumbleweed

t ú mble w è ed 名詞 U C (米国西部産の )ヒユ属の草〘秋風に飛ぶ〙.