tumblers

Noun

tumbler (plural tumblers)

1. (archaic) One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body.
   • […] 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...

   Synonyms:

   acrobat

2. 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. A device for smoothing and polishing rough objects that are placed inside its rotating chamber.
   • rock tumbler
4. 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.
5. A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.
   • 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
6. A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.

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