spill tumble fall | a sudden drop from an upright position, he had a nasty spill on the ice |
tumble | an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end |
hassle scuffle tussle dogfight rough-and-tumble | disorderly fighting |
tumble-dryer tumble drier | a clothes dryer that spins wet clothes inside a cylinder with heated air |
wise | a way of doing or being, in no wise, in this wise |
Wise Men Magi | (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born, the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh, because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them |
mentor wise man | a wise and trusted guide and advisor |
wise guy smart aleck wiseacre wisenheimer weisenheimer | an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments |
Wise Isaac Mayer Wise | United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (-) |
Wise Stephen Samuel Wise | United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (-) |
witchgrass witch grass old witchgrass old witch grass tumble grass Panicum capillare | North American grass with slender brushy panicles, often a weed on cultivated land |
tumble | do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully |
tumble | suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat |
tumble | put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying, Wash in warm water and tumble dry |
tumble dry | dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder, These fabrics are delicate and cannot be tumbled dry |
tumble | fall suddenly and sharply, Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency |
catch on get wise get onto tumble latch on cotton on twig get it | understand, usually after some initial difficulty, She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on |
wise up | get wise to, They wised up to it |
wise up | cause someone to become aware of something |
tumble | throw together in a confused mass, They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern |
tumble | roll over and over, back and forth |
tumble topple | fall down, as if collapsing, The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it |
crumble crumple tumble break down collapse | fall apart, the building crumbled after the explosion, Negotiations broke down |
whirl tumble whirl around | fly around, The clothes tumbled in the dryer, rising smoke whirled in the air |
topple tumble tip | cause to topple or tumble by pushing |
fresh impertinent impudent overbold smart saucy sassy wise | improperly forward or bold, don't be fresh with me, impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup, an impudent boy given to insulting strangers, Don't get wise with me! |
bedraggled broken-down derelict dilapidated ramshackle tatterdemalion tumble-down | in deplorable condition, a street of bedraggled tenements, a broken-down fence, a ramshackle old pier, a tumble-down shack |
knowing wise(p) wise to(p) | evidencing the possession of inside information |
rough-and-tumble bare-knuckle bare-knuckled | characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules, a rough-and-tumble fight, rough-and-tumble politics, undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism |
judicious wise heady | marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters, judicious use of one's money, a wise decision |
worldly-wise | experienced in and wise to the ways of the world |
penny-wise | thrifty in small matters only |
wise | having or prompted by wisdom or discernment, a wise leader, a wise and perceptive comment |
baby-wise baby-like | like a baby, he cradled it, baby-wise, in his arms |