betumble

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verb

To cause to tumble, or to throw into disorder or disarrange the parts of.

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Meanings

verbbetumble (third-person singular simple present betumbles, present participle betumbling, simple past and past participle betumbled)

present singular third person betumbles · participle present betumbling · participle past betumbled · past betumbled

  1. archaictransitiveTo cause to tumble, or to throw into disorder or disarrange the parts of.

    When showers betumble the chestnut spikes

    1922, Thomas Hardy, “Weathers”, in Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses, London: Macmillan and Co., […], →OCLC, page 1

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
discomposeunsettle

Origin

From be- + tumble.

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Cite this entry
APA

betumble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betumble

MLA

“betumble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betumble. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “betumble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betumble.

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