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tumb

Rhymes with -ʌm

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From Middle English tumben, tomben, from Old English tumbian (“to tumble, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn round”). Cognate with Middle High German tumen (“to turn round”), Icelandic tumba (“to tumble”). See tumble.

verb tumbs · tumbing · tumbed

archaic, intransitive To tumble; jump; dance.

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@misc{tumb_2026,
  title = {tumb},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tumb},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}