Meaning of TUMBLING
| Pronunciation: | | 'tumbling
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- [n] the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
- [adj] moving in surges and billows and rolls; "billowing smoke from burning houses"; "the rolling fog"; "the rolling sea"; "the tumbling water of the rapids"
- [adj] pitching headlong with a rolling or twisting movement; "a violent tumbling fall"
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| | Synonyms: | | acrobatics, billowing, falling, moving, rolling |
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| | See Also: | | acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt, gymnastics | |
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| | Definition: | | Tumbling
Noon and her husband Herbie find two girls on their doorstep--one an infant and the other a five-year-old. They keep the girls, who grow up loving one another like sisters, then splitting in a rivalry over a property developer and the prospect of having their neighborhood torn up by a freeway. Eventually they are reconciled by Ethel, a hell of a blues singer who seems to exist at the heart of everything the girls have been searching for. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tum"bling\,
a. & vb. n. from {Tumble}, v.
{Tumbling barrel}. Same as {Rumble}, n., 4.
{Tumbling bay}, an overfall, or weir, in a canal.
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