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tumbler
  1. One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
  2. 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 relatively small parts.
  4. 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.
  5. 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 his measure.
  6. A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
  7. A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
  8. (obsolete) A dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits.
  9. (Britain, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A kind of cart; a tumbrel.
  10. The pupa of a mosquito.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “Mr. Harding carefully set down his glass tumbler without shifting his gaze from his son.”
      “The tumbler mesmerized the audience with their impressive flips and acrobatics.”
      “This exchange was repeated several times till I poured neat gin into a tumbler and she glugged it happily.”
tumblerful
  1. As much as a tumbler will hold.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Chop up the cores of five or six stalks of lemon grass and put them in a blender with a tumblerful of spirits, blend thoroughly.”
      “She slid into paroxysms of laughter that she tried quelling with a tumblerful of Southern Comfort.”
      “If you throw a tumblerful of water into the sea, you cannot get the same tumblerful of water out again.”
tumbling
tumble
  1. A fall.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He certainly gave it his all until a tumble in the second half saw him pick up an unfortunate injury.”
      “The man commanded the boy to tumble through the hoops which had been set afire.”
      “Financiers foreclosed on heavily mortgaged farmland, and a tumble in prices left many farmers destitute.”
tumblerfuls
  1. plural of tumblerful
tumblersful
  1. plural of tumblerful
tumblings
tumblers
  1. plural of tumbler
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It has lever tumblers that require a key with a bit, or projecting part, of proper depth and position.”
      “As the backstories of the major characters are filled in, little tumblers fall into place.”
      “He dug out his key and stuck it in the lock, feeling the tumblers give way.”
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