TUMBLER Definition & Meaning

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tumbler

[ tuhm-bler ]

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noun

a person who performs leaps, somersaults, and other bodily feats.
(in a lock) any locking or checking part that, when lifted or released by the action of a key or the like, allows the bolt to move.
a stemless drinking glass having a flat, often thick bottom.
(in a gunlock) a leverlike piece that by the action of a spring forces the hammer forward when released by the trigger.
Machinery.
1. a part moving a gear into place in a selective transmission.
2. a single cog or cam on a rotating shaft, transmitting motion to a part with which it engages.
a tumbling box or barrel.
a person who operates a tumbling box or barrel.
one of a breed of dogs resembling a small greyhound, used formerly in hunting rabbits.
Also called roller. one of a breed of domestic pigeons noted for the habit of tumbling backward in flight.
a toy, usually representing a fat, squatting figure, that is weighted and rounded at the bottom so as to rock when touched.
a tumbrel or tumble cart.

tumbler

/ ˈ��ʌ��ə /

noun

1. a flat-bottomed drinking glass with no handle or stem. Originally, a tumbler had a round or pointed base and so could not stand upright
2. Also calledtumblerful the contents or quantity such a glass holds
a person, esp a professional entertainer, who performs somersaults and other acrobatic feats
another name for tumble dryer
Also calledtumbling box a pivoted box or drum rotated so that the contents (usually inferior gemstones) tumble about and become smooth and polished
the part of a lock that retains or releases the bolt and is moved by the action of a key
a lever in a gunlock that receives the action of the mainspring when the trigger is pressed and thus forces the hammer forwards
1. a part that moves a gear in a train of gears into and out of engagement
2. a single cog or cam that transmits motion to the part with which it engages
a toy, often a doll, that is so weighted that it rocks when touched
often capital a breed of domestic pigeon kept for exhibition or flying. The performing varieties execute backward somersaults in flight

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Origin of tumbler¹

1300–50; Middle English: acrobat; tumble, -er ¹. Compare Low German ��ü�� drinking-cup, kind of pigeon

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But the people who bring his family carafes of vodka and fancy tumblers do.

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He drank a bit more than the previous night — a beer with dinner and then four tumblers of bourbon.

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