TUMBLER
\tˈʌmblə], \tˈʌmblə], \t_ˈʌ_m_b_l_ə]\
Definitions of TUMBLER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
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a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
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a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
By Princeton University
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pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
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a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
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a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
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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.
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A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.
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A kind of cart; a tumbrel.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
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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.
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A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.
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A kind of cart; a tumbrel.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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One who performs feats of rolling, somersaulting, etc.; an acrobat; a cylindrical drinking glass without a stem; a kind of pigeon; one of the parts of a lock which must be moved to a certain position, as by a key, before the bolt can be moved.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One who tumbles: a large drinking-glass, so called because formerly, having a pointed base, it could not be set down without tumbling: a domestic pigeon, so called from its tumbling on the wing.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A drinking glass without a foot.
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One who or that which tumbles; a pigeon that turns somersaults in the air.
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In a lock, a latch that engages a bolt.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. One who tumbles; one who plays the tricks of a mountebank; –that part of a lock which detains the shot-bolt in its place, until a key lifts it and leaves the bolt at liberty; –a drinking glass originally made without a foot or a stem, with a pointed base, so that it could not be set down with any liquor in it; –a small variety of the domestic pigeon.
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- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.