tumble-dry

[ tuhm-buhl-drahy ]

verb (used with object)

, tum·ble-dried, tum·ble-dry·ing.

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