tumble
/ˈtʌmbl̩/ verbo B1En español: caer, revolverse
- To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
- To throw headlong.
- To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
- To drop rapidly.
- To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
- To have sexual intercourse.
- To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
- To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple. · to tumble a bed
He/she/it tumbles · Pasado tumbled · Participio pasado tumbled · Forma en -ing tumbling
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- tumble
- He/she/it
- tumbles
- Pasado
- tumbled
- Participio pasado
- tumbled
- Forma en -ing
- tumbling
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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At the far end is an old tumble-down summer-house.
This entertaining sight brought the people in crowds to laugh at it, till the Ass, not liking the noise nor the strange handling that he was subject to, broke the cords that bound him and, tumbling off the pole, fell into the river.
As quick as lightning the man’s head shot forward and his neck stretched out until the top of the head, where it was flat, struck the Scarecrow in the middle and sent him tumbling, over and over, down the hill.
Holmes, if this is true, we only tumble out of one mystery into another,” said the London inspector.
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