| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A lack of order or regular arrangement: chaos, clutter, confusedness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, jumble, mess, mix-up, muddle, muss, scramble, topsy-turviness. Slang : snafu. See ORDER. 2. A sudden involuntary drop to the ground: dive, fall, nosedive, pitch, plunge, spill. Informal : header. See RISE. 3. A usually swift downward trend, as in prices: decline, descent, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump. See INCREASE. 4. A group of things gathered haphazardly: agglomeration, bank1, cumulus, drift, heap, hill, mass, mess, mound, mountain, pile, shock2, stack. See ORDER. | | VERB: | 1. To put out of proper order: derange, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess up, mix up, muddle, unsettle, upset. See ORDER. 2. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily: drop, fall, go down, nose-dive, pitch, plunge, spill, topple. Idioms: take a fall (or header) (or plunge) (or spill) (or tumble) . See RISE. 3. To undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price: dive, drop, fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, slump. Idioms: take a sudden downtrend (or downturn) . See INCREASE. 4. To bring about the downfall of: bring down, overthrow, overturn, subvert, topple, unhorse. See HELP. | | PHRASAL VERB: | tumble on To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on or (upon), come across, come on or (upon), find, happen on or (upon), light on or (upon), run across, run into, stumble on or (upon). Archaic : alight on or (upon). Idioms: meet up with. See MEET.
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