Definition for TUM'BLE

TUM'BLE, v.t.

  1. To turn over; to turn or throw about for examination or searching; sometimes with over; as, to tumble over books or papers; to tumble over clothes. [To tumble over in thought, is not elegant.]
  2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed. To tumble out, to throw or roll out; as, to tumble out casks from a store. To tumble down, to throw down carelessly. Locke.

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