tumbleset

plural tumblesets

1. southeast USSynonym of somersault.

   If they jerk into a quick tumbleset, pack in pronto.

   1943, Jules Leopold, At Ease!: Two Hundred Hours of Fun and Entertainment, page 176

   2 more examples

   Well, I never seed the ole ferryboat cut up as it did that day,” went on Tobe, “ an' the sight o' that gal's arms a-pullin' away at them chains was enough to make the eyes in a body's head turn a tumbleset to see!

   1916, Annie Maria Barnes, The Ferry Maid of the Chattahoochee, page 113

   He reached in the desk drawer, pulled out a paper clip, started it on tumblesets between his fingers, and stared at me.

   2010, Christa Allan, Walking on Broken Glass, →ISBN

   Synonyms: somersault

present singular third person tumblesets · participle present tumblesetting · participle past tumblesetted · past tumblesetted

1. southeast USSynonym of somersault.

   Audubon and City parks offered picnic grounds resplendent with giant trees, brilliant flowers, and cool grass where we could roll and wrestle and "tumbleset."

   1965, Louisiana History, page 189

   1 more example

   “Git out o' the way; give me plenty of room to tumbleset." one of the bright-eyed little fellows at the Waesche street play ground for colored children said yesterday morning.

   1898 July 23, “Happiness For Little Ones Wesley Grove Camp”, in Baltimore Sun, page 11

   Synonyms: somersault