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say it: TUHM-blur
tumbler is a noun meaning "a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.". It is pronounced /ˈtʌmblɚ/ — TUHM-blur. It carries 4 recorded senses.
a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tumbler come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.