Hit and Tumble

Hit

Hit verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.

Show all Definitions

Tumble and hit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tumble" instead a verb "Hit".

Nearby Word: hitting

Tumble verb - To go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.

Show all Definitions

Hit and tumble are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hit" instead a verb "Tumble".

Nearby Words: tumbled, tumbler, tumbling

good	good hit	good tumble
nasty	nasty hit	nasty tumble
small	small hit	small tumble
severe	severe hit	severe tumble
Other adjectives: big, minor, fatal, accidental, last.

However, being hit by a shell or similar items makes you tumble but immune to being hit again by any other item (except the thunderbolt).

Source: Mercy Invincibility
Or the "Flopsy", where the "victim" allows himself to get hit by a car, and does a gruesome-looking but harmless tumble.

Source: Obfuscating Disability
If you hit them only with low speed they're just tumble down and may get a limb severed (while you gain a "Can-n-Mouse Bonus").

Source: Ragdoll Physics

Cite this Source

Tumble and Hit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/tumble

Hit & Tumble. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/tumble>.

Tumble or Hit. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/tumble.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "hit" and "tumble" have occurred on timeline