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tumbler

1. a person, esp a professional entertainer, who performs somersaults and other acrobatic feats

2. 

a. a part that moves a gear in a train of gears into and out of engagement

b. a single cog or cam that transmits motion to the part with which it engages

3. a breed of domestic pigeon kept for exhibition or flying. The performing varieties execute backward somersaults in flight

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tumbler [′təm·blər]

(engineering)

A device in a lock cylinder that must be moved to a particular position, as by a key, before the bolt can be thrown.

A device or mechanism in which objects are tumbled.