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jum⋅ble

  [juhm-buhl] verb, -bled, -bling, noun
Use jumble in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
2. to confuse mentally; muddle.
–verb (used without object)
3. to be mixed together in a disorderly heap or mass.
4. to meet or come together confusedly.
–noun
5. a mixed or disordered heap or mass: a jumble of paper clips, rubber bands, and string.
6. a confused mixture; medley.
7. a state of confusion or disorder.
8. Also, jumbal. a small, round, flat cake or cookie with a hole in the middle.
Origin:
1520–30; perh. b. joll to bump (now dial.) and tumble

Related forms:
jum⋅ble⋅ment, noun
jumbler, noun
jum⋅bling⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
7. muddle, hodgepodge; farrago, gallimaufry; mess; chaos.

Antonyms:
1. separate. 7. order.
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jum·ble   (jŭm'bəl)   
v.   jum·bled, jum·bling, jum·bles

v.   tr.

  1. To mix in a confused way; throw together carelessly: jumble socks in a heap.

  2. To muddle; confuse: The rapid-fire questioning jumbled the witness's thoughts.

v.   intr.
To be mixed in a confused way: dividers to keep the files from jumbling.
n.  

  1. A confused or disordered mass: a jumble of paper scraps.

  2. A disordered state; a muddle: receipts in a jumble.


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Word Origin & History

jumble  (v.)
1529, originally "to move confusedly," perhaps coined on model of stumble, tumble, etc. In 17c., it was yet another euphemism for "have sex with" (a sense first attested 1582). The noun meaning "a confused mixture" is from 1661.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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