Trumble

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Dialect verb meaning to tumble, fall, or roll over clumsily onto the ground
2. Chiefly Scottish and northern English word for tipping or rolling over in an awkward, unsteady way
3. An older regional verb describing something that topples, tips, or rolls end over end

Etymology: The verb is believed to descend from an Old English personal name, *Trumbeald, which is not recorded in any surviving text. The name was made of two elements: "trum," meaning strong or firm, and "beald," meaning bold or brave. So a name that once meant something like "strong and bold" stands behind a verb now used for tipping over clumsily.

Synonyms: tumble, trundle, roll