Tumbling

Definition: Tumbling

Tumbling

Adjective

1. Moving in surges and billows and rolls; "billowing smoke from burning houses"; "the rolling fog"; "the rolling sea"; "the tumbling water of the rapids".

2. Pitching headlong with a rolling or twisting movement; "a violent tumbling fall".

Noun

1. The gymnastic moves of an acrobat.

Date "tumbling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	An attitude situation in which the vehicle continues on its flight, but turns end over end about its center of mass. (references)
Computing	A dynamic display of the rotation of display elements about an axis the orientation of which is continuously changing in space. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	Rotation of the body, commonly but not necessarily about its centre of gravity. The term is usually reserved for rotation in the pitch(R suffix y)plane. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	An operation in which the work, usually castings or forgings, is rotated in a barrel with metal slugs or abrasives to remove sand, scale, or fins. It may be done dry or with an aqueous solution. Sometimes called rumblingor rattling. (references)
Transportation	The loss of reference in a two-degree-of-freedom gyro due to gimbal lock or contact between a gimbal and a mechanical stop. This is not to be confused with tumble testing, which is a method of evaluating gyro performance. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Tumbling

Synonyms: billowing (adj), rolling (adj), acrobatics (n). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I imagine that right now you're feeling a bit like Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)
Lyrics	I feel the sky tumbling down, ("I Feel the Earth Move"; performing artist: Carole King) And you came tumbling after (What Would You Say; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) And walls come tumbling down; (In My Arms; performing artist: Erasure) As all the walls come tumbling down (Breathe; performing artist: Faith Hill) And then the world comes tumbling (Barenaked; performing artist: Jennifer Love Hewit)
Movie/TV Titles	The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946) Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935) The Little Shepherd of Tumbling Run (1909) And the Wall Came Tumbling Down (1984) The Walls Come Tumbling Down (1976)
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Domain	Title
Books	Walls Came Tumbling Down (Common Reader Editions) (reference) A Manual of Tumbling and Apparatus Stunts (reference) Riding for the Brand/McQueen of the Tumbling K/Law of the Desert Born/Man Riding West [ABRIDGED] (reference) Tumbling Blocks Giftwrap Paper (reference) Tumbling Blocks: New Quilts from an Old Favorite (New Quilts from an Old Favorite) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Fog tumbling through a break in the mountains at Prince William Sound. Credit: America's Coastlines.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption
	Stairs; steps; stair; staircase; trip; fall; stumble; stumbling; tumble; tumbling.
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Title	Author	Quote
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	And she set the pot of tumbling coffee on the back of the stove.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Israel	However, the 2001 downturn in the global economy has had a negative effect on the high-tech sector and has sent the market values of many Israeli companies tumbling. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	After decades of struggle, and with the help of the bold leadership of Margaret Thatcher, democracy won the Cold War and the Berlin Wall came tumbling down.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Tumbling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 91.36% of the time. "Tumbling" is used about 324 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	91.36%	296	16,885
Adjective (general or positive)	7.1%	23	72,767
Noun (singular)	0.93%	3	202,518
Noun (proper)	0.62%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	324	N/A

Expressions using "tumbling": come tumbling out ♦ tumbling barrel ♦ tumbling bay ♦ tumbling down ♦ tumbling gear ♦ Tumbling Shoals ♦ tumbling star. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "tumbling": tumbling-dance.
	Ending with "tumbling": word-tumbling.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "tumbling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		përmbysje (dislocation, fall, overturn, subversion, upheaval, upset), akrobaci (acrobatics). (various references)

Arabic		‏العاب بهلوانية, ‏البهلوانية (acrobatics, trampoline), ‏إسقاط (dropping, omission, overthrow, overturn, parachuting, projection). (various references)

Bulgarian		акробатика (acrobatics). (various references)

Chinese		翻滚 (Tumbled). (various references)

Danish		tumle, trommelakering, tomlende bevægelse. (various references)

Dutch		tuimeling, tuimelen (topple), trommelen (barrel polishing, barreling, drumming). (various references)

Finnish		kaato (cast, casting, pouring, tapping), jumiutuminen (deadly embrace, hangup, hang-up). (various references)

French		tournoiement, tonnelage, vernissage au tonneau, polissage au tonneau, décrochage, culbute (tumble), culbutage, acrobatie. (various references)

German		hinfallend, fallend (cascading, decreasing, falling). (various references)

Greek		κυβίστημα (spinning), σημαντική απόκλιση από την κάθετο, βάψιμο σε μπουράτο, περιστροφή περί μεταβλητόν άξονα, ασταθής κίνηση, ανατροπή γυροσκοπίου, τούμπα (somersault, summersault, tuba, turn over). (various references)

Hungarian		bukdácsoló (plunging). (various references)

Italian		tombolamento, voltolamento, verniciatura a buratto, rotolamento (rolling), perdita di riferimento. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		転�' (falling down, inversion, invert, reverse, turn over, upset), 顛�' (falling down, inversion, invert, reverse, turn over, upset). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		て�"とう (a tip, counter, destiny, divine justice, falling down, inversion, invert, lighting, nodding, over-the-counter, Providence, reverse, shop, shop front, the sun, turn over, upset, way of heaven). (various references)

Korean		넘어짐 (tripping). (various references)

Pig Latin		umblingtay

Portuguese		tombo (mucker, spill, upset), saltos acrobáticos, rolamento (bearing), queda (cloud-burst, come-down, debacle, decay, descent, downfall, fall, fallback, falling, letdown, mucker, overthrow, prolapse, purler, spill, tumble, upset), movimento de rodopio, cambalhotas, aplicação por rotação em tambor. (various references)

Russian		обработка в барабане, опрокидывание (capsize, tripping, turnover, upset). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		gimnastika (calisthenics, gymnastic, gymnastics). (various references)

Spanish		volteo (turning), pérdida de referencia, movimiento de rotación. (various references)

Swedish		rotering kring flera axlar. (various references)

Vietnamese		sự rơi xuống, sự ngã (fall). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "tumbling": tumblings. (additional references)
	Words ending with "tumbling": stumbling. (additional references)
	Words containing "tumbling": stumblingly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Tumbling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dumbling, Itumeleng, Tamblyn, trumbling, tumblin. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "tumbling" (pronounced tu"mbuling or tu"mbling)
8	t u" m b u l i ng	stumbling.
7	-u" m b u l i ng	bumbling, crumbling, fumbling, grumbling, humbling, mumbling, rumbling.
6	-m b u l i ng	ambling, assembling, gambling, resembling, scrambling, trembling.
5	-b u l i ng	babbling, bubbling, dabbling, disabling, doubling, dribbling, enabling, gobbling, hobbling, labeling, mislabeling, nibbling, quibbling, redoubling, scribbling, squabbling, tabling, troubling, warbling, wobbling.
4	-u l i ng	backpedaling, baffling, barreling, battling, belittling, bicycling, boggling, bottling, bristling, bugling, bundling, bungling, bustling, cackling, canceling, cancelling, channeling, chortling, circling, coddling, commingling, counseling, cradling, crippling, cycling, dangling, dazzling, Dialing, disgruntling, dismantling, drizzling, dwindling, embezzling, empaneling, encircling, entitling, equaling, fizzling, fondling, funneling, giggling, groveling, grueling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hassling, huddling, hurdling, hustling, idling, imperiling, initialing, intermingling, jiggling, jostling, juggling, leveling, mangling, marshaling, meddling, middling, mingling, modeling, mottling, muddling, muscling, paddling, paneling, parceling, pedaling, peddling, piddling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, raveling, recycling, refueling, remodeling, reshuffling, reveling, rippling, rivaling, ruffling, saddling, scuttling, settling, shriveling, shuttling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, spiraling, spiralling, stapling, stenciling, strangling, struggling, swiveling, throttling, tingling, tinkling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, traveling, travelling, tripling, tunneling, twinkling, unraveling, unsettling, waggling, wiggling, wrangling, wrinkling, yodeling.
3	-l i ng	ailing, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, beguiling, Belling, billing, blackmailing, boiling, Bolling, bowling, brawling, broiling, buckling, burgling, burling, cajoling, calling, Carling, ceiling, chilling, chronicling, chuckling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, crawling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, darling, dawdling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, drilling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, earthling, emailing, enrolling, entailing, entangling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, galling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, growling, hailing, handling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, holing, howling, hurling, hurtling, inhaling, inkling, installing, instilling, jailing, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, Marling, Melling, milling, mishandling, misspelling, mothballing, mulling, nailing, needling, nestling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, peeling, pickling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, quelling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, reeling, regaling, rekindling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruling, rustling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shuffling, sibling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squealing, stalling, starling, startling, stealing, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strickling, stripling, strolling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, Tilling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, trailing, trampling, trickling, trifling, trilling, trolling, twiddling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, wailing, walling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiling, willing, wrestling, yearling, yelling.
5	-m b l i ng	dissembling, rambling.
4	-b l i ng	sibling.
3	-l i ng	ailing, ambling, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-g-i-l-m-n-t-u"
	-1 letter: bluming, butling.
	-2 letters: bluing, lubing, luting, muling, muting, tubing.
	-3 letters: blunt, built, glint, guilt, linum, lungi, unlit, until.
	-4 letters: bint, blin, bung, bunt, gilt, glib, glim, glum, glut, iglu, limb, limn, ling, lint, litu, lung, lunt, milt, mint, muni, numb, ting, tung, unit.
	-5 letters: big, bin, bit, bug, bum, bun, but, gib, gin, git, gnu.
	Words containing the letters "b-g-i-l-m-n-t-u"
	+1 letter: stumbling, tumblings.
	+2 letters: ambulating.
	+3 letters: beguilement, outblooming, outclimbing, outfumbling, stumblingly, sublimating.
	+4 letters: automobiling, beguilements.
	+5 letters: multibuilding, perambulating, troublemaking.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
tumbling	109	rock tumbling supply	5
tumbling mat	63	and the wall came tumbling down	5
rock tumbling	44	tumbling equipment	5
cheerleading tumbling	27	tumbling tumbleweeds	4
trampoline tumbling	19	handstand tumbling	4
tumbling tip	15	composter tumbling	4
gymnastics tumbling	15	dice lyrics tumbling	4
class tumbling	13	cheerleading picture tumbling	4
tumbling block quilt pattern	12	tumbling video	4
tumbling dice	11	glass tumbling	4
tumbling media	10	camp tumbling	4
block quilt tumbling	10	pigeon tumbling	3
block tumbling	9	academy cheerleading tumbling	3
power tumbling	8	campground tumbling water	3
tumbling river ranch	7	grit tumbling	3
block free pattern quilt tumbling	6	belt tumbling	3
tumbling shoal ar	6	stunt tumbling	3
picture tumbling	6	trampoline tumbling usta	3
block pattern tumbling	6	tumbling shoal arkansas	3
cheerleader tumbling	6	exercise tumbling	3
association state tumbling united	5	tumbling stone	3
cheerleading tip tumbling	5
		tumbling stone	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Tumbling

Definition: Tumbling

Tumbling

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Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

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Ronald Reagan

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