Careful Words

tumble (n.)

tumble (v.)

tumble (adj.)

Another tumble! That's his precious nose!

Thomas Hood (1798-1845): Parental Ode to my Infant Son.

Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast,

Ready with every nod to tumble down.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 4.