OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 11863

tumble

/ˈtʌmbl̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caer • revolverse
To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill.
“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mér…