Tummler

Word TUMMLER
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈtʊmlə(ɹ)/

Definitions and meanings of "Tummler"

What do we mean by tummler?

One, such as a social director or entertainer, who encourages guest or audience participation. noun

One who incites others to action. noun

An employee - usually male - of a Catskill Mountains resort charged with the duty of entertaining guests throughout the day by providing any number of services, from comedian to master of ceremonies. noun

A lively, puckish man. noun

An employee - usually male - of a Borscht Belt resort charged with the duty of entertaining guests throughout the day by providing any number of services, from comedian to master of ceremonies.

A lively, mischievous man.

(by extension) a person with an official role which involves facilitating social interaction.

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The word "tummler" in example sentences

Part resident comic, part activities director, part hotel cheerleader, the tummler - derived from the Yiddish word for noisemaker - was expected to field guest complaints, organize talent shows, jump into the pool fully clothed or dash screaming through the lobby pursued by a knife-wielding chef. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I was going to say Abe Rosenthal called me a tummler, which is Yiddish for a sort of mover and shaker. ❋ Unknown (1992)

As in previous shows, she re-creates a Sophie Tucker routine, "Max From the Income Tax," which ostensibly is about economic chaos but reveals more about her fascination with Tucker, a Jewish tummler who for 60 years made herself the butt literally of her own jokes about being a zaftig farbissina. ❋ Will Friedwald (2012)

Teaching piano, she also played at rehearsals for producer Max Liebman when Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kominsky), a Catskill tummler, auditioned for “Sunday Night Varieties” at Tamiment in the Poconos. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In fact, when Reiner brought the character back after 30 plus years on an episode of 'Mad About You', it was hinted that he did carry on back in his Catskills tummler days. ❋ Toby O'B (2009)

To put patients at ease, he banters like a borscht-belt tummler, delivering a stream of corny old jokes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If you were not my own son, and if instead she was my daughter, I would not let her go out with a tummler like you. ❋ Joseph Heller (1994)

Abe Rosenthal called me a sort of inveterate tummler. ❋ Unknown (1992)

He nearly died from pneumonia last year and gets around in a wheelchair, difficult for a fizzy, rubbery-faced tummler who once danced a soft-shoe if you pointed a camera at him. ❋ By RICHARD SANDOMIR (2011)

Towards evening we saw some dolphins, called also _tummler_, or tumblers, as well as several gulls, which announced to us that we were fast nearing the sea. ❋ Ida Pfeiffer (1827)

Instead, I suspect that the tummler role is rather frowned upon in business contexts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A tummler, on the other hand, would be hired for their social skills, their ability to communicate, teach and explain, and their knowledge of the different tools and how they work. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The expectation is that everyone will take a share of the tummler role, that everyone is responsible for making the community work and so therefore it will. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A full-time tummler who only needs to focus on nurturing internal communities could achieve so much more. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In a way, a good social media consultant acts as a tummler-by-proxy, encouraging their clients to adopt more sociable thinking patterns, but they can only do so much. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Waxiest-looking of the four is Joey Curatolo in the Paul role of bassist/tummler, looking vaguely like Micky Dolenz of the Monkees. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The payback from employing a tummler could be huge as they would be the people who'd help drive tool adoption across the business. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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