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Tumblr

Tumblr

31 4.2
A website where people make blogs to share pictures, text, and videos
  • proper noun
  • /ˈtʌmblər/
  • Texting
: Tumblr
  • I thought you'd love this considering what you've been putting up on Tumblr lately.
  • a Tumblr blog
  • Twitter and Tumblr

I can talk on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Instagram.

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Examples

  • For instance, my Tumblr, Instagram, and YouTube accounts all automatically send to Twitter.

    Academic text (2015)
  • So we're going to search my Tumblr blog for hipster.

  • And so who knew a simple Tumblr post could get me so emotional?

  • I'm following this Tumblr page that I saw.

  • We somehow got featured by our Tumblr, got featured by Tumblr in their film section.

  • I even checked back to the Tumblr site to see if there was commentary I was missing.

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  • I've seen these photos all over my Tumblr feed for the past few months.

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  • You know, this reminds me of looking at Tumblr templates for my Tumblr.

  • Others run Twitter feeds and Tumblr blogs devoted to their areas of study.

    Academic text (2016)
  • I enjoy sharing my artwork on my Tumblr blog for others to see.

Synonyms

microblog
vsTumblr
  • Texting
1 4.9

An online site where people post short text updates with a length limit

is for fuller blogs allowing longer posts and multimedia sharing

Surface Forms

Tumblr main
tumblr main

Etymology

Tumblr comes from the word tumble, which means 'to fall' or 'to roll', and from the idea of a tumblelog, a fast series of short posts. So Tumblr suggests a place where many small posts 'tumble' together, which fits the site for short blogs, pictures and other content.