tumbling
verb
- 1
To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
- 2
To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
- 3
To drop rapidly.
“Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure.”
- 4
To smoothe and polish, e.g., gemstones or pebbles, by means of a rotating tumbler.
- 5
To have sexual intercourse.
- 6
To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
- 7
To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
“to tumble a bed”
- 8
(cryptocurrency) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
noun
- 1
The act of something that tumbles.
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