tumble

tumble
1. intransitive verb
1) (fall suddenly) stürzen; fallen

tumble off something — von etwas fallen

2) (move in headlong fashion) stürzen
3) [Preise usw.:] fallen
2. transitive verb
(fling headlong) schleudern
3. noun
Sturz, der
Phrasal Verbs:
- academic.ru/121015/tumble_on">tumble on
- tumble over
- tumble to
* * *
1. verb
1) (to (cause to) fall, especially in a helpless or confused way: She tumbled down the stairs; The box suddenly tumbled off the top of the wardrobe.) stürzen
2) (to do tumbling.)
2. noun
(a fall: She took a tumble on the stairs.) der Sturz
- tumbler
- tumblerful
- tumble-drier
- tumbling
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tum·ble
[ˈtʌmbl̩]
I. vi
1. (fall) fallen; (faster) stürzen
2. (rush)
to \tumble somewhere irgendwohin stürzen
the children \tumbled out of school die Kinder stürzten aus der Schule
3. (decline) prices [stark] fallen, purzeln fam
4. (dated fam: understand) kapieren
to \tumble that ... kapieren, dass ... fam
II. n
1. (fall) Sturz m
to take a \tumble stürzen
2. (decline) prices Sturz m (in +gen)
to take a \tumble stürzen
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['tʌmbl]
1. n
1) (= fall) Sturz m

to take a tumble — stürzen, straucheln; (fig) fallen

2) (= mess) Durcheinander nt
2. vi
1) (= fall) straucheln, (hin)fallen; (= move quickly) stürzen; (fig prices) fallen

he tumbled off his bicycle — er stürzte vom Fahrrad

to tumble out of/into bed — aus dem Bett/ins Bett fallen

to tumble over sth — über etw (acc) fallen or stolpern

2) (inf

= realize) to tumble to sth — etw kapieren (inf)

3) (gymnast) Bodenakrobatik machen
3. vt
(= make fall) stoßen; (= make untidy) hair zerzausen, durcheinanderbringen
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tumble [ˈtʌmbl]
A s
1. Fall m, Sturz m (beide auch fig):
have (oder take) a tumble (hin)stürzen;
tumble in prices WIRTSCH Preissturz
2. a) Purzelbaum m
b) Salto m
3. Schwanken n, Wogen n
4. a) unordentlicher oder wüster Haufen
b) fig Wirrwarr m, Durcheinander n:
all in a tumble kunterbunt oder völlig durcheinander
5. give sb a tumble US umg von jemandem Notiz nehmen
B v/i
1. auch tumble down (ein-, hin-, um)fallen, (-)stürzen:
tumble over umstürzen, sich überschlagen
2. purzeln, stolpern (beide:
over über akk)
3. stolpern (eilen):
tumble into sb fig jemandem in die Arme laufen;
tumble into a war, etc in einen Krieg etc hineinstolpern oder hineinschlittern;
tumble to sth umg etwas kapieren oder spitzkriegen
4. WIRTSCH, SPORT purzeln (Preise, Rekorde etc)
5. Purzelbäume schlagen, Luftsprünge oder Saltos machen, SPORT Bodenübungen machen
6. auch tumble about (oder around) sich wälzen, hin- und herrollen
C v/t
1. zu Fall bringen (auch fig), umstürzen, -werfen
2. fig jemanden stürzen (from their throne vom Thron)
3. schmeißen, schleudern umg
4. zerknittern, zerknüllen, die Kissen etc zerwühlen, jemandem das Haar zerzausen:
tumble sb’s hair
5. TECH tumble-dry
* * *
1. intransitive verb
1) (fall suddenly) stürzen; fallen

tumble off something — von etwas fallen

2) (move in headlong fashion) stürzen
3) [Preise usw.:] fallen
2. transitive verb
(fling headlong) schleudern
3. noun
Sturz, der
Phrasal Verbs:
* * *
v.
fallen v.
(§ p.,pp.: fiel, ist gefallen)
purzeln v.
taumeln v.

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