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tumbler

noun

1 tumbler

A gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc..

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Roget 599: the drama, the stage, the theater, the play; film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography; theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, ... show more

Roget 844: humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist, epigrammatist, punster; bel esprit, life of the party; wit-snapper, wit-cracker, wit-worm; joker, jester, Joe Miller, ... show more

Dutch: acrobaat

2 tumbler

A glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom.

3 tumbler

A movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown.

4 tumbler

Pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground.

synonyms: roller, tumbler pigeon.

Polish: wywrotek mazurski


Moby thesaurus: acrobat, aerialist, bareback rider, circus artist, clown, contortionist, equestrian director, equilibrist, flier, funambulist, gymnast, high wire artist, high-wire artist, juggler, lion tamer, palaestrian, pancratiast, ringmaster, ropewalker, slack-rope artist ... show more.

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