tumping (over)

present participle of tump (over), chiefly Southern

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Verb
  • The New York Mets are turning over their roster this winter after failing to make the playoffs this year.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Is Farke turning over a new leaf, acknowledging that change was needed to stop this poor form?
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Lucas Blalock likewise finds tragicomic potential in photography itself, inverting Photoshop as a mere tool of postproduction to foreground it as generative and creative, leaving visible traces of labor in ugly edits and unrefined refinements.
    Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
  • Rafael Nadal, the 22-time Grand Slam champion, with 14 of them in Paris lived his views on the matter by inverting this paradox.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • Instead of freezing or toppling, the control software reacts immediately, reads the irregular momentum, and adjusts the next steps.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Defrosted from the Arctic ice thanks to a nuclear test, the big dino lays waste to New York, toppling buildings and bringing with it a deadly prehistoric plague that’s frankly scarier in the COVID era than the giant monster is.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Russia suspended jet fuel exports, further upending trade in a product already hugely affected by the Iran war.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
  • Both movies were directed by YouTube stars and cost nearly nothing to produce, upending conventional wisdom about the necessary components for a hit.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • The first touched down in Lady Lake, lifting roofs off homes and overturning mobile homes.
    Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
  • Unbelievably, the referee listened to Prince Fahad, before agreeing with him and overturning the goal.
    Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
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“Tumping (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumping%20%28over%29. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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