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nounpigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
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nouna glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottomtype of:
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nouna gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.type of:
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nouna movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be throwntype of:part of:
Definition that contains tumbler
- bit the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
- pin cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
- turner a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
- lever a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
- lever lock a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move
- lever tumbler a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
- turnverein a club of tumblers or gymnasts
- pin tumbler cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
- cylinder lock a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt; tumblers are pins; inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate