tumbly
8.3
Shows quick flips and playful rolls like in a lively dance
- adjective
- /ˈtʌmbli/
:
acrobático
- She practiced her tumbly moves at the gym, flipping and tumbling across the mat.
Examples
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His tumbly style of dancing always amused the audience with its energetic flips.
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Jack is our four-year-old, rough-and-tumbly boy.
Blog text (24) -
The kids spent the afternoon playing in the park, rolling down the hills in their tumbly games.
Synonyms
acrobatic
vstumbly
10
4.2
Showing fast, skilled body movements like flips and jumps
focuses on frequent repeated flips rather than skillful movements
flippy
vstumbly
1
7.7
Something that moves lightly and bounces, like a skirt that twirls
is about real repeated tumbling and actual flips rather than light swinging
How Acrobatic
Surface Forms
tumbly positive
Morphology
Etymology
Tumbly comes from the common verb tumble, which means 'to fall, roll, or do a flip', plus the small ending -y that means 'full of' or 'doing a thing'. So a tumbly game or dance is one that is full of rolling and flips, giving a lively, acrobatic feel.