TUMBLE
NOUNS
► END-OVER-END a tumble, a somersault → 1970 Amer. dial.
► FLOP a tumble, a fall → 1950 Amer. dial.
► FLOPPER a tumble, a fall → 1969 Amer. dial.
► WAMBLE a rolling or unsteady motion; a totter, a quivering or shaking, a wriggle, a tumble → 1825 Sc.
VERBS
► BALTER to tumble about; to dance clumsily → c1325 obs.
► COME TO GRIEF to take a tumble; to have a fall → 1854 UK
► COUP to fall or tumble over; to capsize → 1787 Sc.
► COUP THE CREELS to tumble head over heels; to die; to meet with a mishap → 1718 Sc.
► FALL to tumble, to slip over → 1930 US sl.
► FALL DOWN AND GO BOOM to take a tumble, to fall heavily → 1930s Amer. sl.
► FALL OFF ONE’S FEET to tumble, to fall → 1889 Sc.
► GET A FALL to tumble, to slip over → 1950s US sl.
► JERRYCUMMUMBLE to shake; to tumble about; to tousle → 1785 sl.
► KELTER to tumble headlong; to go head over heels, to fall → 1805 Sc.
► MAMMOCK ► MOMMOCK ► MUMMOCK to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion → 1899 Eng. dial.
► OVERWELT to tumble over → 1522 Sc. obs.
► PLAY WALLOP to tumble over, to thrash about → 1831 Sc.
► PURL to turn upside down, to overturn, to capsize; to tumble head over heels → 1856
► SCRAFFLE ► SKRAFFLE to struggle; to force one’s way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SKIVE ► SKIVE AROUND to go, to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble → 1854 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► TAKE A DROP to tumble, to slip over → 1950s US sl.
► TAKE A FALL to tumble; to slip over → 1950s US sl.
► TAVE to struggle; to tumble or wrestle in sport → 1804 Sc.
► TAW to tumble about; to pull, to lay hold of → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TAWEN to pull; to lay hold of; to tumble about → 1810 Sc. obs.
► TEW to shake, to toss; to keep in motion; to rumple, to disarrange; to tumble; to pull about → 1870 Eng. dial.
► TILT to fall over, to tumble; to be overthrown → 1300s obs.
► TIPPLE to tumble, or topple over → 1847 Eng. dial.
► TORPLE to fall, to tumble → 1225 obs.
► WALLOP to flounder; to tumble over; to kick about; to move heavily; to waddle or bend in walking; to be slatternly → 1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WALTER to roll to and fro; to move from side to side; to tumble or toss about; to lie sprawling on the ground, in mire, etc. → c1400 obs.
► WALVE to tumble about; to loll from side to side → 1867 Eng. dial.
► WAMBLE to tumble; to turn topsy-turvy → 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WHAP OVER ► WHOP OVER to collapse, to tumble, to flop → 1841 Amer. dial.