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tumbleset en · NOUN

Etymology

From tumble + set.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:southeast US) Synonym of somersault.
    • Well, I never seed the ole ferryboat cut up as it did that day,” went on Tobe, “ an' the sight o' that gal's arms a-pullin' away at them chains was enough to make the eyes in a body's head turn a tumbleset to see! 1916, Annie Maria Barnes, The Ferry Maid of the Chattahoochee, page 113:
    • He reached in the desk drawer, pulled out a paper clip, started it on tumblesets between his fingers, and stared at me. 2010, Christa Allan, Walking on Broken Glass, →ISBN:
    • If they jerk into a quick tumbleset, pack in pronto. 1943, Jules Leopold, At Ease!: Two Hundred Hours of Fun and Entertainment, page 176:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tumblesets Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

somersault

tumbleset en · VERB

Etymology

From tumble + set.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:southeast US) Synonym of somersault.
    • “Git out o' the way; give me plenty of room to tumbleset." one of the bright-eyed little fellows at the Waesche street play ground for colored children said yesterday morning. 1898 July 23, “Happiness For Little Ones Wesley Grove Camp”, in Baltimore Sun, page 11:
    • Audubon and City parks offered picnic grounds resplendent with giant trees, brilliant flowers, and cool grass where we could roll and wrestle and "tumbleset." 1965, Louisiana History, page 189:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tumblesets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tumblesetting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tumblesetted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tumblesetted Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

somersault