tumping (over)

Definition of tumping (over)next
present participle of tump (over), chiefly Southern

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Verb
  • The complex project rolled on, the state turning over $61 million of the subsidy in May 2025 to cover dozens of pending property sales and demolitions.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Those leases were expiring, and the families could not afford to renew them, so Villanueva helped exhume the bodies, turning over the bones to a forensic pathologist who examined the remains and kept records for future use.
    Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Cancelo, in particular, played a dual role, inverting into midfield from his role at left-back but providing just as much energy on the outside to dovetail with Fermin Lopez to give them an outlet down the left.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • This time, the dynamic is inverting.
    Deirdre Bosa,Jasmine Wu, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The results showed that seventy-nine percent support some form of intervention, with some favoring toppling the regime and others wanting to deal with the humanitarian crisis, highlighting a range of priorities within the community.
    Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In December 2024, a rebel offensive led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham swept through the country with stunning speed, toppling the Assad regime that had ruled Syria since 1970.
    Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But the war that’s threatening global energy supplies, upending geopolitics, fomenting a food crisis and likely to curb global growth long after any ceasefire is the Iran war.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • That flow has since slowed to a trickle, upending supply chains for oil, fertilizers, apparel and industrial goods.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The club’s hitters are 7-for-20 and catchers are 7-for-15 in overturning calls.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Prosecutors looking to strip Eastman of his law license had depicted him as fabricating a baseless theory and making false claims of fraud in hopes of overturning the results of the election.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Tumping (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumping%20%28over%29. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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