Tumble vs Collapse - What's the difference?
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A fall.
An act of sexual intercourse.
* John Betjeman, Group Life: Letchworth
* 1979 , Martine, Sexual Astrology (page 219)
(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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To fall down suddenly; to cave in
* Maunder
To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely
To fold compactly
(cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
To cause something to collapse.
To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint
The act of collapsing
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In intransitive terms the difference between tumble and collapse
is that tumble is to fall end over end while collapse is to pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.In transitive terms the difference between tumble and collapse
is that tumble is to smooth and polish a rough surface on relatively small parts while collapse is to cause something to collapse.tumble
English
Noun
(en noun)- I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.
- Wouldn't it be jolly now, / To take our Aertex panters off / And have a jolly tumble in / The jolly, jolly sun?
- 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 tumbleVerb
(tumbl)Derived terms
* tumble tocollapse
English
(wikipedia collapse)Verb
(collaps)- A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
- Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse .
- Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.
- The exhausted singer collapsed onstage and had to be taken to the hospital.
Derived terms
* collapsibleNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=The top six are assured of continental competition and after making a statement of intent against Stoke, it would take a dramatic collapse for Newcastle to surrender their place.}}