tumped (over)

Definition of tumped (over)next
past tense of tump (over), chiefly Southern

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumped (over)
Verb
  • Andrade turned over his records to the State Attorney’s Office in Leon County, as well as the FBI.
    Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
  • After being pronounced dead, her body was turned over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science for an autopsy.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • That led to the Saints to overset the edge or overrun the ball carrier, creating huge cutback lanes.
    Lance Reisland, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
  • McGovern will often overset shaded defensive linemen, which opens up the inside move for defenders.
    John Owning, Dallas News, 1 June 2020
Verb
  • The other was the first day of that month when Adam delivered a pitch and almost immediately toppled to the dirt.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Bangladesh votes on Thursday in the first election since a Gen Z rebellion toppled an ageing autocrat – an uprising tens of millions of young people dreamt could chart a new course for their country.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • That means the pumping chambers in the ventricles of the heart are inverted so that the one that evolved to pump blood to the lungs ends up pumping to the brain and the one that evolved to pump to the brain ends up pumping to the lungs.
    Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Jorrel Hato inverted from left-back into deep midfield, Alejandro Garnacho and Jamie Gittens were left to create one-versus-one on the wings and the home side’s focus on moving through the middle of the pitch did not account for the numerous traps West Ham had laid for them there.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Artists for Aid was for and largely by the generation that upended American political discourse after October 7 with campus sit-ins, the generation that hardly seems daunted by the crackdowns against them.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The Ukraine War upended the process.
    Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The International Organization for Migration said the boat overturned Friday north of Zuwara, a city on the northwest coast of Libya that's about 180 miles from the Italian island of Lampedusa, which many migrants attempt to reach by boat from the African coastline.
    CBS News, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Maxwell has also been seeking to have her conviction overturned, arguing that she was wrongfully convicted.
    Stephen Groves, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Geneva - The United Nations migration agency said Monday that 53 people were dead or missing after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast.
    CBS News, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The migrant boat capsized and sank due to the severity of the impact, causing all passengers on board to fall into the sea a few miles off the coast of Turkey, the statement said.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The administration's hardline immigration enforcement has upset millions of Americans who supported deporting immigrants with criminal records but who are uncomfortable with the aggressive tactics and detention of longtime community members and their children.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Hayley’s very upset by it, and that upsets Mickey, and that’s probably one of the biggest driving motivations for him, not just to save his own life, but to save his daughter and his family from the ramifications of this.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Tumped (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumped%20%28over%29. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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