3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
Rowe.
To tumble home (Naut.),
to incline inward, as the sides of a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth; —
used esp. in the phrase tumbling home. Cf. Wall-sided.
Tumble
(Tum"ble), v. t.
1. To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse,
or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; — sometimes with over, about,
etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.
2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
Tumble
(Tum"ble), n. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
Tumblebug
(Tum"ble*bug`) n. See Tumbledung.
Tumble-down
(Tum"ble-down`) a. Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house. [Colloq.]