tumble

(tŭmˈbəl)

1. To perform acrobatic feats such as somersaults, rolls, or twists.
2. a. To fall or roll end over end: The kittens tumbled over each other.
   b. To spill or roll out in confusion or disorder: Students tumbled out of the bus.
   c. To pitch headlong; fall: tumbled on the ice.
   d. To proceed haphazardly.
3. a. To topple, as from power or a high position; fall.
   b. To collapse: The wall tumbled down.
   c. To drop: Prices tumbled.
4. To come upon accidentally; happen on: We tumbled on a fine restaurant.
5. Slang To come to a sudden understanding; catch on: tumbled to the reality that he had been cheated.

1. To cause to fall; bring down: A scandal tumbled the government.
2. To put, spill, or toss haphazardly: tumbled the extra parts into a box.
3. To toss or whirl in a drum, tumbler, or tumbling box.

1. An act of tumbling; a fall.
2. Confusion; disorder.