tumb

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verb

To tumble; jump; dance.

OriginMiddle English tumben ← Old English tumbian ← Proto-Germanic *tūmōną →
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Meanings

verbtumb (third-person singular simple present tumbs, present participle tumbing, simple past and past participle tumbed)

present singular third person tumbs · participle present tumbing · participle past tumbed · past tumbed

  1. archaicintransitiveTo tumble; jump; dance.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*tūmōną“to turn round”
  2. Old Englishtumbian“to tumble, leap, dance”
  3. Middle Englishtumben
  4. Englishtumb

From Middle English tumben, tomben, from Old English tumbian (“to tumble, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn round”). Cognate with Middle High German tumen (“to turn round”), Icelandic tumba (“to tumble”). See tumble.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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