Associations to the word «Tumbling»

Wiktionary

TUMBLING, verb. Present participle of tumble
TUMBLING, noun. The act of something that tumbles.
TUMBLING MILL, noun. A machine, consisting of a drum that rotates on a horizontal axis, that grinds or pulverizes material mixed with a grinding material such as iron balls

Dictionary definition

TUMBLING, noun. The gymnastic moves of an acrobat.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats