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Tumbler

Noun

Definitions

1.NounOne who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body.
2.NounA 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.NounA rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
4.NounA 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.NounA 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.
6.NounA variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
7.NounA beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
8.NounSomething that causes something else to tumble.
9.NounA dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits.
10.NounA kind of cart; a tumbril.
11.NounThe pupa of a mosquito.
12.NounOne of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.
13.NounA porpoise.
14.NounA service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail; used for money laundering.
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