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Plural of tumbler

regular plural

The plural of tumbler is tumblers.

Forms of tumbler

Singulartumbler /ˈtʌmblɚ/
Pluraltumblers
Countablecountable

Tumblers in a sentence

  • The 7.62 tumblers would buzzsaw through the flimsy protection offered by the float.1990, Kyle Maning, Blood Storm, page 53. From the entry buzzsaw
  • Tumblers, tilters and kellys are those toys which have a circular base with a weighted end.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 169. From the entry kelly
  • We are going to have to refer to Emil Mamaglia’s boys at A&M as “rebound tumblers” now.[1959 October 23, “Scoop: O’Bryan says”, in The Bryan Daily Eagle, volume 84, number 96, Bryan, Tex.: Eagle Printing Co., Inc., →ISSN…. From the entry rebound tumbler
  • We drank the cheap rotgut out of tumblers.1913 August, Jack London, chapter VI, in John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 48. From the entry blind pig
  • Some makers shumac before flatting in drum tumblers.1905 July, “Tanning Heavy Leather: Specimen Answers to the Questions Supplied by Dr. J. Gordon Parker of Harold’s Institute, London”, in…. From the entry sumac

Meaning of tumbler

  1. noun One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body.
  2. noun 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. noun A device for smoothing and polishing rough objects that are placed inside its rotating chamber.

Full definition of tumbler

Questions about the plural of tumbler

What is the plural of tumbler?
The plural of tumbler is tumblers.
Is tumbler countable?
Tumbler is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tumbler (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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