v. 1 fall (down), pitch, turn end over end or head over heels, roll, drop Giggling hysterically, we tumbled in a heap on the lawn 2 drop, toss, dump, jumble The waiter tumbled several spoonfuls of berries on to my plate 3 tumble to. understand, apprehend, perceive, comprehend, see the light, Colloq get the signal or message, catch on, Brit twig to, Slang get wise, wise up, dig I finally tumbled to what she was trying to tell me
n. 4 fall, slip, stumble, Colloq header, spill Joshua took a bad tumble on the stairs yesterday