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tumlare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • porpoise noun A small whale-like marine mammal related to dolphins, with a blunt snout.
  • tumbler noun A flat-bottomed drinking glass without a stem, foot, or handle.

Senses

tumlare is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.

porpoise — full definition

  1. noun A small whale-like marine mammal related to dolphins, with a blunt snout.
  2. verb To repeatedly leap out of the water and dive back in while swimming, in the manner of a porpoise.

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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