tumbling
Definitions
Noun
- The gymnastic moves of an acrobat
Verb
- Fall down, as if collapsing
- Cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- Roll over and over, back and forth
- Fly around
- Fall apart
- Throw together in a confused mass
- Understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- Fall suddenly and sharply
- Put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
- Suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
- Do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "tumbling".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "tumbling".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | outstanding | 3 | 37 |
| 2 | struggling | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | traveling | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | stumbling | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | terrifying | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | straightening | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | tingling | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | travelling | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | tinkling | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | troubling | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | outstripping | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | stockpiling | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | structuring | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | taxpaying | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | tolerating | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | trampling | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | traversing | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | typesetting | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | typewriting | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | outflanking | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | outnumbering | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | outsmarting | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | outspending | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | stagnating | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | stampeding | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | steelmaking | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | stenciling | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | stonewalling | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | stribling | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | targeting | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | tarnishing | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | trafficking | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | tregoning | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | tripling | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "tumbling".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trembling | 3 | 26 |
| 2 | stumbling | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | tubing | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | fumbling | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | rumbling | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | troubling | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | crumbling | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | numbing | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | thumbing | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | mumbling | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | grumbling | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | tumblin | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | humbling | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | bumbling | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | tumlin | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | rumblings | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | tomblin | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | timblin | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | tabling | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | dumbing | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "tumbling" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "tumbling" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "tumbling" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "tumbling".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 12
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 34
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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