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TUMBLER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
Synonyms:
roller; tumbler; tumbler pigeon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tumbler" is a kind of...):
domestic pigeon (domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food)
Derivation:
tumble (roll over and over, back and forth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tumbler" is a kind of...):
drinking glass; glass (a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tumbler" is a kind of...):
impediment; impedimenta; obstructer; obstruction; obstructor (any structure that makes progress difficult)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tumbler"):
lever; lever tumbler (a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock)
pin; pin tumbler (cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown)
Holonyms ("tumbler" is a part of...):
lock (a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed)
Derivation:
tumble (roll over and over, back and forth)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tumbler" is a kind of...):
gymnast (an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tumbler"):
turner (a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein)
Derivation:
tumble (do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully)
Context examples:
I served as assistant while he probed and cleansed the passages made by the bullets, and I saw the two men endure his crude surgery without anæsthetics and with no more to uphold them than a stiff tumbler of whisky.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He came in here, said the waiter, looking at the light through the tumbler, ordered a glass of this ale—WOULD order it—I told him not—drank it, and fell dead.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Upon which he poured it out of a jug into a large tumbler, and held it up against the light, and made it look beautiful.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
If I had not guessed this, on the way to the coffee-house, I could hardly have failed to know what was the matter when I followed him into an upstairs room, and found Miss Murdstone there, supported by a background of sideboard, on which were several inverted tumblers sustaining lemons, and two of those extraordinary boxes, all corners and flutings, for sticking knives and forks in, which, happily for mankind, are now obsolete.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It seemed to me a bold thing even to take notice that the passage looked comfortable, as I went on my way, trembling, to Mr. Creakle's presence: which so abashed me, when I was ushered into it, that I hardly saw Mrs. Creakle or Miss Creakle (who were both there, in the parlour), or anything but Mr. Creakle, a stout gentleman with a bunch of watch-chain and seals, in an arm-chair, with a tumbler and bottle beside him.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
