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tumblest

tumblest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of tumble.

Meaning of tumble

Verb

tumble (third-person singular simple present tumbles, present participle tumbling, simple past and past participle tumbled)

  1. (intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
    • He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
  2. (transitive) To throw headlong.
    • His hand went after his revolver almost that instant mine did. I was a second too quick for him, for my shot tumbled him from his mule just as his ball whistled harmlessly past by my head.1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 42
  3. (intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
  4. (intransitive) To drop rapidly.
    • Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure.
  5. (transitive) To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
  6. (informal, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.

See all 14 meanings of tumble

Origin of tumblest

tumble + -est

Questions about tumblest

What is tumblest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tumblest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of tumble.

Words near tumblest in the dictionary

  1. tumblesetted
  2. tumblesetting
  3. tumblesome
  4. Tumbleson
  5. Tumblesons
  6. tumblest
  7. tumblestone
  8. tumblestones
  9. tumbleth
  10. tumbleweed
  11. tumbleweed moment

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