tumping (over)

present participle of tump (over), chiefly Southern

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumping (over)
Verb
  • Billups was released from custody under the conditions of turning over his passport, not contacting any of the 30-plus co-defendants charged, and not participating in any gambling activity.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Chapell relented, turning over his phone and divulging his passcode.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Allow the cakes to cool in the pan 15 to 20 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack.
    Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Contrasting this was a black button-down underneath his jacket, essentially inverting the classic suit color scheme.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There was one instance of vandals toppling monuments.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For the next few days, the hurricane center said Melissa will be steaming in hotter-than-usual waters in the Caribbean, fueling the storm’s growth, but also battling a significant amount of storm-toppling wind shear.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And a chance encounter with ICE in August landed Barojas Solano in detention for six weeks, upending his legal process and leaving them terrified that he could be detained again.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Within the next decade, the enchanting imagism of silent film would be supplanted by the talkie’s emphasis on dialogue and narrative realism, upending the format and studios that had made Keaton a star of the Old Hollywood system.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To respond, Barrett explained the doctrine of stare decisis and the considerations that go into overturning precedent like reliance interests — or important things that would be called into question if a law or ruling no longer existed.
    Samantha Riedel, Them., 20 Oct. 2025
  • The Court appears poised to extend this reasoning further, potentially overturning , which has protected independent agency officials from at-will removal for nearly ninety years.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Tumping (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumping%20%28over%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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