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volatinero — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • tumbler noun A flat-bottomed drinking glass without a stem, foot, or handle.

Senses

volatinero is used for these senses in English:

  • tightrope walker An acrobat who practices tightrope walking.
  • tumbler 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.

tumbler — full definition

  1. noun A flat-bottomed drinking glass without a stem, foot, or handle.
  2. noun A moving part inside a lock that must be aligned by the correct key before the bolt will open.
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