Tumbler Meaning
/ˈtʌmblɚ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body.
nounA 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.
Sentence Examples
I have a paper tumbler.
I have a plastic tumbler.
In the tumbler, the cylinder form is tapered.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He poured water from the pitcher into a glass ____ on the table.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He poured a large glass of cold water into a heavy ____ and drank it quickly after his long morning run today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English tumble English -er English tumbler From tumble + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] the tricks of tumblers, funambuloes, baladines […]"
— 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
"[…] and yokels looking up at the tinselled dancers and poor old rouged tumblers, while the light-fingered folk are operating upon their pockets behind."
— 1848 June 28, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Before the Curtain”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], →OCLC, page vii:
"I poured out some whisky into a tumbler, and gave it to him."
— 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
""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."
— 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 46”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
"The Department of Justice said it has arrested a Russian-Swedish national who allegedly operated a long-running cryptocurrency laundering site. According to a news release from the DOJ, Roman Sterlingov ran Bitcoin Fog, a cryptocurrency tumbler or “mixer”— which hides a cryptocurrency’s source by mixing it with other funds."
— 2021 April 29, Kim Lyons, “Feds arrest founder of bitcoin ‘mixer’ they say laundered $335 million over ten years”, in The Verge:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He poured water from the pitcher into a glass ____ on the table.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He poured a large glass of cold water into a heavy ____ and drank it quickly after his long morning run today.