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Tumbler   /tˈəmblər/   Listen
noun
Tumbler  n.  
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.
(Firearms) 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 the sear point to enter.
4.
A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.
5.
(Zool.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
6.
(Zool.) A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.
7.
A kind of cart; a tumbrel. (Prov. Eng. & Scot.)






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"Tumbler" Quotes from Famous Books



... head a little and set the tumbler to her lips, and she drank eagerly. The fear of death is more ...
— Whosoever Shall Offend • F. Marion Crawford

... emptied the remains of the Madeira into a tumbler, drank the contents at a draught, and sauntered towards Lucretia; but she, perceiving his approach, crossed abruptly into one of the alleys that led to the other side of the house, and he was either too indifferent or too well-bred to force ...
— Lucretia, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... you are gibbering about,' answered the doctor, who had a glass in his hand. 'But there's long sleep and a dream killer in this tumbler, ...
— Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases - Seventeen Short Stories • Perceval Gibbon

... ill. I prescribed castor-oil, and Mme. Fanny, half a tumbler of Martinique rum, with the juice of a lime in it. She was famous for this remedy for all internal troubles, and I took one with the cowboy as a prophylactic, as I might have been exposed to the same germs. He ...
— Mystic Isles of the South Seas. • Frederick O'Brien

... are caught, to press the throat down; but, generally, it is necessary, on returning from the chase to kill quickly all the insects that have been caught, and, to attain this end, the best way is to place them dry in a tumbler surrounded with boiling water, for a high temperature kills them in a few minutes. The boxes designed for the reception of entomologic specimens should be of light wood, and, at least, two inches and a half deep; the bottom should be lined ...
— Movement of the International Literary Exchanges, between France and North America from January 1845 to May, 1846 • Various


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