Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tumble; jump; dance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, archaic To
tumble ;jump ;dance .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tumb.
Examples
-
Nothing has been really done, fishing industry and communities thrived, or just survived where they shouldn't have. now we have to face real extinction: unpleasant decisions have hence to be made, hitting big companies as well as mom & pop operations. too bad, too late. fisherman have dug their own tumb by fighting fishing quotas years after years. very unfortunate but real.
Join The Discussion: Should We Pay Fisherman Not To Fish? 2009
-
Nothing has been really done, fishing industry and communities thrived, or just survived where they shouldn't have. now we have to face real extinction: unpleasant decisions have hence to be made, hitting big companies as well as mom & pop operations. too bad, too late. fisherman have dug their own tumb by fighting fishing quotas years after years. very unfortunate but real.
Join The Discussion: Should We Pay Fisherman Not To Fish? » E-Mail 2009
-
Per gradus ascenditur in hunc locum, et est rupis velut albi coloris, cum aliqua rubedine per loca commixta, habens scissuram, quam dicunt Golgotha, in qua maior pars preciosi sanguinis Christi dicitur influxisse: vbi et habetur altare constructum, ante quod consistunt tumb� Godefridi de Bullion, et aliorum Regum Christianorum, qui circa annum incarnationis Domini,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
-
"To-day the man possesses a second tumb, serviceable for all ordinary purposes."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917 Various
-
Sunday, led by a rum -- looking old beadle -- others again had large Roman matron -- looking women in the leading files, the figurantes in their tails becoming slighter and smaller, as they tapered away, until they ended in leetle picaniny, no bigger as my tumb, but always preserving the uniformity of dress, and colour of the umbrella or parasol.
Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812
-
He also managed to stay on the field despite the two injuries - a broken tumb vs.
The Seattle Times 2010
-
I am fourteen and my skin has betrayed me the boy I cannot live without still sucks his tumb in secret how come my knees are always so ashy what if I die before the morning comes and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed.
Bitch. Ph.D. Sybil Vane 2010
-
No matter what happens there is going to be economic devastation because of us with our collective tumb up the ass attitude through various administrations.
-
Shadow dragon, Sword of light the bottom one also has a chewed up tumb stick might watch the auction ones, thanks. i didn't see them when i was searching earlier Lol the description says the rubber is slightly worn off ... it looks like a dog chewed it!!
-
Posts: 1,073 the bottom one also has a chewed up tumb stick
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.