tumbler

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
noun a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
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

From tumble + -er.

Two tumblers, and a custard-cup without a handle. — A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, Charles Dickens
He filled a tumbler with the neat spirit. — The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English, Unknown
On the table stood a tumbler of water. — The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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