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(verb) do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully |
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Related Words: exercise, roll, work out |
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| 2. |
(verb) suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat |
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Related Words: decline, worsen |
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(verb) dry clothes by putting them in tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry" |
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Related Words: dry, dry out |
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(noun) an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end |
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Related Words: acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt, flip, somersault, somersaulting |
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(verb) fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency" |
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Related Words: drop |
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(verb) throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern" |
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Related Words: jumble, scramble, throw together |
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(verb) roll over and over, back and forth |
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Related Words: roll over |
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(verb) fall down, as if collapsing |
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Synonyms: topple |
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Related Words: come down, descend, fall, go down, keel over |
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(noun) a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" |
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Synonyms: fall, spill |
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Related Words: slip, trip |
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(verb) cause to topple or tumble by pushing |
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Synonyms: topple |
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Related Words: force, push |
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(verb) understand, usually after some initial difficulty |
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Synonyms: catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, latch on, twig |
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Related Words: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, savvy |
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(verb) fall apart; also used metaphorically: "Negociations broke down" |
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Synonyms: break down, collapse, crumble, crumple |
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Related Words: change integrity |
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(verb) fly around, as of paper on the sidewalk, or clothes in a dryer, or rising smoke in the wind |
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Synonyms: skirl, whirl, whirl around |
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Related Words: move |
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