Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tumbling

/tˈʌmbəlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: tum-bling
IPA: /tˈʌmbəlɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tumble

noun

The act of something that tumbles.

Example Sentences

"These so many conquests must needs bring with them many tumblings and tossings, many disturbances and changes in government[…]"
"Having feasted our souls with this sublime spectacle, we ministered to the wants of the body by a plentiful breakfast, and about noon we commenced the descent, rendered ludicrous enough by various tumblings and sprawlings on the part of the more inexpert mountaineers."
"And you have left off tumbling when you waltz now?"

Inflected Forms

tumblings (plural)

Phrases

rebound tumbling tumbling flower beetle

Synonyms

acrobatics

Rhymes With

stumbling crumbling humbling rumbling grumbling mumbling fumbling bumbling

Questions

How do you pronounce tumbling?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈʌmbəlɪŋ/.
What does tumbling mean?: present participle and gerund of tumble

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