As nouns the difference between tumble and riot
is that
tumble is a fall while
riot is wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
As verbs the difference between tumble and riot
is that
tumble is (
lb) to fall end over end while
riot is to create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
tumble English
Noun
( en noun)
A fall.
- I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.
An act of sexual intercourse.
* John Betjeman, Group Life: Letchworth
- Wouldn't it be jolly now, / To take our Aertex panters off / And have a jolly tumble in / The jolly, jolly sun?
* 1979 , Martine, Sexual Astrology (page 219)
- When you've just had a tumble between the sheets and are feeling rumpled and lazy, she may want to get up so she can make the bed.
Derived terms
* rough and tumble
* take a tumble
* tumble dryer
* tumbler
* give a tumble
Verb
(tumbl)
(lb) To fall end over end.
*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
*:He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill.
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*:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”
To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
:(Rowe)
To roll over and over.
*1908 , (Kenneth Grahame), (The Wind in the Willows)
*:The two animals tumbled over each other in their eagerness to get inside, and heard the door shut behind them with great joy and relief.
(lb) To have sexual intercourse.
(lb) To smooth and polish a rough surface on relatively small parts.
To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
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Derived terms
* tumble to
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riot Noun
( en noun)
Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
* Shakespeare
- His headstrong riot hath no curb.
The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
* Chaucer
- Venus loveth riot and dispense.
* Alexander Pope
- the lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day
Derived terms
* rioter
* run riot
Verb
( en verb)
To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
- The nuclear protesters rioted outside the military base.
(obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, etc.
* Daniel
- Now he exact of all, wastes in delight, / Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law.
* Alexander Pope
- No pulse that riots , and no blood that glows.
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