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ward; collapse, topple, go to the wall, Inf. wash out, Inf. bite the dust.
5. overthrow, overturn, upend, topple, bring low or down, pull or haul down.
6. Informal. Usu.
tumble to understand, become aware, comprehend, grasp the situation, see the light, Inf. catch on, Inf. get on to, Inf. get wise to.
7. disorder, disarray, derange, disarrange, mess up, dishevel, ruffle, tousle, tangle, entangle; jumble, scramble, rifle through, disturb, rumple, snarl up; scatter, spill, upset, toss about.
-n. 8. fall, stumble, slip, trip, skid, sprawl; somersault, flip, Inf. cropper, Inf. header, Inf. spill, Inf. pratfall, SI. nosedive, SI. tailspin, SI. flop, SI. floperoo.
9. collapse, crash, comedown, downfall, dive, plunge, drop; failure, defeat.
10. disorder, disarray, mess, heap, pile, jumble, scramble, hodgepodge, welter, mishmash, clutter, unholy mess; confusion, chaos.
tumble-down, adj. dilapidated, ramshackle, ruined, in ruins, broken-down, gone to wrack and ruin; in disrepair, rundown, SI. sleazy; fallen to pieces, crumbled, crumbling, ready to fall; decrepit, tottering, unstable, shaky; untrustworthy, insecure, unsafe,
tumbler, n. 1. acrobat, gymnast, somersaulter, high vaulter; trampoliner, trampolinist; circus performer or artist; contortionist, posture-master; athlete.
2. cup, drinking cup, drinking vessel, glass, beaker, dipper; shot glass, jigger,
tumefaction, n. swelling, bloating, puffing, distention; enlargement, growth, dilatation, dilation, turges-cency.
tumefy, v. swell, distend, bloat, protuberate, puff or blow up, become larger, fill out, grow, enlarge; inflate, increase, dilate,
tumid, adj. 1. swollen, enlarged, bloated, puffed up or out, puffy, Pathol, dropsical, Pathol. edematous, Pathol, edematose, Bot., Entomol. incras-sate; tumescent, turgid, inflated, Obs. sufflated, distended, expanded, dilated, Pathol., Bot. hypertrophied; full, filled, stuffed, overfilled, overstuffed.
2. bombastic, pompous, orotund, fustian, pretentious, overinflated, overblown, flatulent, plethoric; grandiose, magniloquent, grandiloquent, Johnsonian, Ossianic, sonorous, sesquipedalian; high-sounding, high-flown, lofty, Inf. highfalutin; rhetorical, oratorical, declamatory, ranting, extravagant; ostentatious, flamboyant, ornate, flowery, florid.
3. bulging, protuberant, gibbous, bulbous, bilging, bulging or bilging out; projecting, protruding, protrusive, conspicuous, prominent, protrusile; excrescent, Bot. excurrent; extrusive, jutting; overlapping, overhanging; convex, excurved, excurvate.
tumor, n. swelling, protuberance, tumefaction, intumescence, excrescence, Pathol, tubercle, Pathol. polyp; neoplasm, growth; malignancy, cancer, Pathol. melanoma, Pathol, sarcoma.
tumult, n. 1. uproar, disorder, rabblement, turmoil, commotion, turbulence, ferment; hubbub, furor, fury, rampage, confusion, ado, Inf. to-do; diri, racket, outcry, clamor, clangor, blare, noise, shouting; confusion, chaos, pandemonium, babel, bedlam.
2. riot, upheaval, brawl, free-for-all, brouhaha, don-nybrook, Inf. ruckus, rumpus, affray; row, broil, fray, fight, melee; breach of peace, disturbing the peace, rending the air; hue and cry, protest, strike; uprising, insurrection, revolt, rebellion, mutiny.
3. agitation, perturbation, disquiet, disturbance; excitement, frenzy, hysteria, rage; discomposure, restlessness, jitters, SI. jimjams, restiveness.
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