tumbler /ˈtʌmblɚ/noun 14forms 1 noun14 •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.I poured out some whisky into a tumbler, and gave it to him. — 1886 •A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India. •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. •A device for smoothing and polishing rough objects that are placed inside its rotating chamber. •A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight. •A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail; used for money laundering. •Something that causes something else to tumble. •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. •The pupa of a mosquito. •One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms. •One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body.[…] the tricks of tumblers, funambuloes, baladines […] — 1605 •(no longer used) A dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits. •(dialect, no longer used) A kind of cart; a tumbril. •(no longer used) A porpoise. formstumblers