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noun
One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: acrobat
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
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noun
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.
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
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noun
A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
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noun
Something that causes something else to tumble.
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noun
A dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A kind of cart; a tumbril.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
The pupa of a mosquito.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A porpoise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail; used for money laundering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance
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Synonyms: mixer
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noun
pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: roller, tumbler pigeon
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Broader terms: domestic pigeon
noun
a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: glass, drinking glass
noun
a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
Narrower terms: lever, lever tumbler, pin, pin tumbler
noun
a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gymnast
Narrower terms: turner
History
From tumble + -er.
Across languages
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
