Meaning of tumblerful in English:
tumblerful
Pronunciation /ˈtʌmbləfʊl/
nountumblerfuls
See tumbler
‘She slid into paroxysms of laughter that she tried quelling with a tumblerful of Southern Comfort.’
- ‘I took two tumblerfuls of cold water.’
- ‘Stir one tumblerful of good brandy and a wineglassful of Sherry wine.’
- ‘Chop up the cores of five or six stalks of lemon grass and put them in a blender with a tumblerful of spirits, blend thoroughly.’
- ‘If you throw a tumblerful of water into the sea, you cannot get the same tumblerful of water out again.’