tumble-dry

[tuhm-buhl-drahy]

verb (used with object)

tumble-dried, tumble-drying 

1. to dry (washing) in a clothes drier in which articles are rotated vertically through heated air.

tumble-dry

verb

1. (tr) to dry (laundry) in a tumble dryer

Word History and Origins

Origin of tumble-dry¹

First recorded in 1965–70