Definitions

• n. Someone who makes a lot of noise without accomplishing anything.
  

• n. Someone who is the life of a party.
  

• n. Paid social directors at resorts in the Borscht Belt.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Yiddish

Etymology

• טומלער tumler, from טומלען tumlen 'to make a racket; make a fuss'
  

Who Uses This

• Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
• Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

Alternative Spellings

tummler, tummeler, tumeler