to tump over
- phrasal verb
- UK
- He tumped over the stack of boxes.
Examples
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Be careful or the canoe will tump over when you stand up.
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I accidentally tumped over my coffee cup reaching for the phone.
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The wind was so strong it made several trash bins tump over last night.
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Don't tump over that vase!
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The toddler tried to tump over the tower of blocks but ended up knocking them all down.
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Be careful not to tump over the vase while cleaning the table.
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During the picnic, the strong wind caused the cooler to tump over, spilling drinks everywhere.
Synonyms
To move something so it leans or falls to one side
To fall over or make something fall over, often suddenly when it loses balance
Make something fall by hitting or bumping it
Make something fall over or move out of place
Turn something so the side that was up is now down
Make something flip so it is upside down or on its side
Make something fall from a standing position
To knock something so it falls over
To make something fall over by accident
To make something tilt so far that it falls over
To make something fall over or turn upside down
Antonyms
How Tilted
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'tump' already means to tip something over and the particle 'over' adds the directional/resultative sense, so the combined meaning 'to tip over/overturn' is directly derivable from the constituents. This follows a common English verb+particle composition pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The phrasal verb tump over comes from the simple image of something standing being pushed and making a small 'tump' sound as it falls over. So tump over means 'to tip over' or 'to overturn'.