Usually means: Drying clothes using a machine.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word tumble dry:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. tumble dry: Merriam-Webster
  2. tumble dry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tumble-dry: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tumble-dry, tumble-dry: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tumble dry: Vocabulary.com
  6. tumble-dry, tumble dry: Wiktionary
  7. tumble-dry: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. tumble-dry, tumble dry: Dictionary.com
  9. tumble dry: Rhymezone
  10. tumble dry: FreeDictionary.org
  11. tumble dry: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. tumble-dry, tumble dry: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tumble-Dry: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See tumble_dryer as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (tumble dry)

verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To make or become dry by rolling about in the heated rotating drum of a clothes dryer.
verb:  To dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder.

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