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Tumbling

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Gymnastics, such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings, performed without the use of specialized apparatus.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Present participle of tumble.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

a. & vb. n. from tumble, v.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of falling; also, the act of turning somersaults, and the like; specifically, the action of the tumbler pigeon in flight.

Falling; fleeting; passing; transitory.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat

Word Usage

"These elements come together because writer-director Christopher Nolan, who did the last two "Batman" films, is a master at creating what he calls a tumbling forward quality, where you're being pulled into the action."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

gymnastic exercise gymnastics

Variant

tumble

Verb Stem

tumble

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

bumbling crumbling fumbling grumbling humbling mumbling rumbling stumbling