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tumbler

noun
/ˈtʌmblɚ/US

Etymology

From tumble + -er.

  1. derived from *tūmōną✻ — “to turn, rotate”
  2. derived from tumbian
  3. derived from tumben — “to fall, leap, dance”
  4. inherited from tumblen — “to fall over and over again, tumble”
  5. suffixed as tumbler — “tumble + er”

Definitions

  1. One who tumbles

    One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body.

    • […] the tricks of tumblers, funambuloes, baladines […]
    • […] and yokels looking up at the tinselled dancers and poor old rouged tumblers, while the light-fingered folk are operating upon their pockets behind.

  2. A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like,…

    A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.

  3. A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on…

    A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.

  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the…

      A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.

    2. A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses…

      A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.

      • I poured out some whisky into a tumbler, and gave it to him.
      • "You don't think it's too early?" said the Captain. "You and your liver must decide that between you," I replied. "I'm practically a teetotaller," he said, as he poured himself out a good half-tumbler of Canadian Club.

    3. A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning…

      A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.

    4. A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at…

      A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.

    5. Something that causes something else to tumble.

    6. A dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits.

    7. A kind of cart

      A kind of cart; a tumbril.

    8. The pupa of a mosquito.

    9. One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.

    10. A porpoise.

    11. A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with…

      A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail; used for money laundering.

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Derived

compost tumbler, rebound-tumbler, rebound tumbler, tumbler dryer, Tumbler Ridge, tumbler tank, tumbler-washer

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tumbler. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA