TUMPING (OVER) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

tumping (over)

verb

present participle of tump (over), chiefly Southern

as in turning over

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California is among the states that successfully sued, in part by arguing that turning over the data would violate state privacy laws.

— SAFIYAH RIDDLE, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
The event began more than a century ago following a tempestuous season of shenanigans (like turning over outhouses and letting cows loose down Main Street); the city’s leaders decided to keep residents occupied every October from then on.

— Michelle Mastro, Midwest Living, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of turning over

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The outfit played with the classic pattern by varying the size of the dots and inverting the color scheme.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026
Digital exports are becoming national strategy across the developing world, and competition among nations is inverting—from offering the cheapest hours to cultivating the most AI-fluent minds.

— Hammad Ali Nasir, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of inverting

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For the Houthis, success on the battlefield doesn’t require toppling Saudi Arabia; disrupting the Saudi economy and sowing fear within its society may be enough to give the Houthis leverage in any possible negotiations to end the fighting.

— NBC news, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
But further strengthening is unlikely due to a roadblock of storm-toppling wind shear set up just off the northern coast.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of toppling

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Saudi Ministry of Media | Reuters Deadly attacks on Saudi Arabia's second-busiest airport over the past week are highlighting how conflicts in the Middle East are upending air travel on a larger scale.

— Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
Adrift Buendía Estudios Canarias, Boomerang TV, Atresmedia Five fishermen, who are presumed dead, return home two years later, upending the lives their wives had rebuilt without them.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of upending

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For instance, the measure would prevent courts from overturning approvals of qualifying projects because of CEQA violations.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Three previous attempts to evict the 87-year-old were denied by the courts, but in March, the Supreme Court ruled against her, overturning a January 2022 decision in her favor.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of overturning

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