to tumble
- verb
- /ˈtʌmbl/
- After the disappointing earnings report, shares of the company began to tumble significantly.
- come tumbling down
Wow, rates tumble as traders abandoned a second rate hike.
- Wow, rates tumble as traders abandoned a second rate hike.
- With Bank On Yourself, your plan doesn't go South when the markets tumble.
- Once the report came out right before the stock offering, the share price began to tumble.
- You're really dangling on the precipice of oblivion, and some people tumble into that abyss and never come out.
- But very soon after that the prices drop and they'll start to tumble down.
- I hate to say it, but if the narcissistic person fails, takes a tumble, gets a public humiliation, it makes healing so much easier.
- Here's where everything tumbles upside down, bitch.
- With Bankun Yourself, your plan doesn't go South whenever the markets tumble.
Examples
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But corn prices became unstable, and beans had tumbled from $10 to $4 per bushel.
Academic text (1996) -
The market has tumbled nearly 7 percent as investors continue to react to events...
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Wow, rates tumble as traders abandoned a second rate hike.
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Share prices continued to tumble in the aftermath of the Lehman collapse.
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It could send the markets tumbling.
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The stock market tumbled sharply as the slide most were anticipating finally happened.
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Stocks fell by 2 percent in Asia, and the value of the Mexican peso tumbled.
Academic text (2016) -
The Dow tumbled more than 500 points after two pillars of the Street tumbled over the weekend.
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Coffee exports commenced haltingly in the 1860s, peaked the next decade, and tumbled precipitously afterward.
Academic text (2004) -
As the market opened, stock of d'Anconia Global Commodities tumbled 82 percent on reports that disasters in Chile and elsewhere around the world have crippled the company's ability to mine and deliver resources.
Synonyms
To fall down suddenly, for example when a person faints or a building breaks
To stop working because of a problem
To break into small pieces or become weaker and collapse
To suffer a loss, for example in money or reputation
Fall suddenly and steeply from a high place or in amount
To fall over or make something fall over, often suddenly when it loses balance
To fall suddenly in value, especially for prices or markets
To fall or drop suddenly from a higher to a lower place
Suddenly fall down because something is weak or hit hard
Suddenly fall inward because its sides or top become weak, for example a tunnel
To fall suddenly by a large amount, for example in price or activity
To begin to fail, fall apart, or lose control
To fall suddenly, for example by tripping or by losing value
To fail completely and feel embarrassed in front of others
To fall suddenly and a lot in value or reputation
Start to fail after a time of success
Fall or fail very quickly and completely
Start having serious problems that lead to failure
To fall suddenly to a much lower level
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Etymology
Tumble comes from an old French word tomber meaning 'to fall', which is why we say prices, people, or fortunes can tumble when they suddenly fall or collapse.