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tumble

/ˈtʌmbəl/TUHM-buhl
/ˈtʌmbəl/TUHM-buhl

Meaningdancing, leaping

Common meaning: to fall over

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishtumbiansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishtumblensource
  3. Englishtumble‘to fall over’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English tumbian ‘dancing, leaping’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry TUMBLE, p. 667 · dictionary scan; Bosworth & Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), entry tumbian, p. 1019 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • tumbian Old English “dancing, leaping”

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