Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tumble down

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: tum-ble -down
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To topple, collapse.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"About the time that Sylla was making ready, to put off with his Forces from Italy, beſides many other Divine Omens which befell Mithridates [VI Eupator] at Pergamos, there goes a ſtory, that the Statue of Victory, with a Crown in her hand, which the Pergamenians by Engines from above let down on him, when ſhe had almoſt reacht his head, fell aſunder, and the Crown tumbling down into the midſt of the Theatre, broke to pieces againſt the ground, […]"
"After its tournament dreams came tumbling down in shocking fashion last March, the Harvard men’s hockey team has high hopes of improving upon the disappointing up-and-down 2008-09 season and making it back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006."

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

tumbles down (present, singular) tumbling down (participle, present) tumbled down (participle, past) tumbled down (past)

Derived Forms

tumbledown

Questions

What does tumble down mean?: To topple, collapse.

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