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US
/ˈtəmbɫɝ/
]
[ UK /tˈʌmblɐ/ ]
[ UK /tˈʌmblɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
- a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
- pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
- a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
How To Use tumbler In A Sentence
- A couple of blokes tried to glass me in the face with a pint tumbler.
- “No, there ain’t no Bowlong,” said the barmaid, taking up a glasscloth and a drying tumbler and beginning to polish the latter. The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll
- The line of stemware and tumblers feature a unique magnesium-based crystal that the company says eliminates the trade-off between clarity and durability in this product category.
- In front of each god was a miniature steel plate and a tumbler the size of a large thimble.
- Fill a tumbler with more ice cubes and strain in the negroni. Times, Sunday Times
- The brown water, grass-sheeted at the sides, conceals the bright yellow sand of the bed; when placed in a tumbler it looks clear and colourless, and the taste is perfectly sweet — brackishness does not extend far above Porto da Lenha. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
- Saturate lump sugar with bitters in a thick tumbler or mug.
- She poured from both into her tumbler, inhaled on her cigar, and sat there silently watching us from her malevolent little eyes. DEATH IN PURPLE PROSE
- Roll the head up, stitch it together and braize it in half a tumbler of Malmsey or Australian Muscat (Burgoyne's), half a cup of very good white stock, some bits of ham and bacon, and a clove of garlic with two cuts. The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes
- Recycle beer or other decorative bottles into tumblers by soaking a piece of garden twine in kero and tying around the bottle at the point you want to separate.
