Tumbler

English Meaning

One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.

1. One that tumbles, especially an acrobat or gymnast.
2. A drinking glass, originally with a rounded bottom.
3. A flat-bottomed glass having no handle, foot, or stem.
4. The contents of such a drinking glass.
5. A toy made with a weighted rounded base so that it can rock over and then right itself.
6. One of a breed of domestic pigeons characteristically tumbling or somersaulting in flight.
7. A piece in a gunlock that forces the hammer forward by action of the mainspring.
8. The part in a lock that releases the bolt when moved by a key.
9. The drum of a clothes dryer.
10. A tumbling box.
11. A projecting piece on a revolving or rocking part in a mechanism that transmits motion to the part it engages.
12. The rocking frame that moves a gear into place in a selective transmission, as in an automobile.