to tumble, to fall down; to tumble, to fall (decrease) ; to tank; to descend quickly (stairs etc.)
“Yvan. Le retour d’Yvan ! L’ascenseur est occupé, je m’engouffre dans l’escalier et je pense tout en dégringolant, lâche, hybride, sans consistance, je me dis, je reviens avec un flingue, je le bute, il verra si je suis flasque et servile, […]”
Synonyms: dévaler
Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des- Middle French des- Proto-Germanic *kringazder. Old Dutch *kring Middle Dutch kring Middle Dutch crinkelenbor. Old French gringoller Middle French gringueler Middle French desgringueler French dégringoler Inherited from Middle French desgringueler, from Old French gringoller, of Germanic origin, from Middle Dutch crinkelen, from kring (“circle”), from Old Dutch *kring, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz. The sense would refer to someone tumbling in successive c