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tumblr¹

noun tumblrs

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Tumblr (“a microblog on Tumblr”). As in the web version, upon opening the mobile app you’ll be taken to your dashboard and a list of all the most recent posts from the tumblrs you follow.

Tumblr²

  • /ˈtʌm.blə/ UK
  • /ˈtʌm.blɚ/ Canada, US

Sounds like tumbler · Rhymes with -ʌmblə(ɹ)

proper noun

  1. A microblogging and social networking website founded in 2007. What is different about “quick blogging” tools like Twitter (which imposes a strict character count so it can be easily used on a cellphone) and Tumblr (which allows longer messages as well as photographs) is the degree to which people use them for spontaneous and almost continuous communication.

noun Tumblrs

  1. A microblog on Tumblr. Fangirling on your own behind your computer screen is fine and dandy, but once you’ve seen the most popular fan blogs and fansites, the Tumblrs with the most followers, or the message boards where everyone seems to know one another, you’re gonna want in on that excellent fandom party.

verb Tumblrs · Tumblring · Tumblr'ing · Tumblr'ed · Tumblr'd

  1. transitive To post (something) on Tumblr. One element of its national campaign around the November elections was the Clipboard Project, which took photographs of roughly 200 music and entertainment stars holding HeadCount’s Register to Vote clipboard. These images were then tweeted, Facebooked, and linked to the official Web site to be pinn

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tumblelog, tweet, microblog, threads, twitter, buzzfeed, twitterverse, dashboard, tweetosphere, twitter novel, miniblog, tweeting, birdsite, twitterism, twitfic, tiktok

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noun microblog on Tumblr

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@misc{tumblr_2026,
  title = {tumblr},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tumblr},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}