how to pronounce tumbler

/ˈtʌmblɚ/

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tumbler is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of tumbler in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… like in a rock tumbler swimming in shape …”

meanings of tumbler

noun:

A porpoise.
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 his measure.
One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
A kind of cart; a tumbril.
The pupa of a mosquito.
One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.
A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail.
A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
A dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits.
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.
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.

tumbler frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word tumbler occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tumbler can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tumbler can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) life, nature, and living environment;

3) people, society, and culture;