jumble
to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
to confuse mentally; muddle.
to be mixed together in a disorderly heap or mass.
to meet or come together confusedly.
a mixed or disordered heap or mass: a jumble of paper clips, rubber bands, and string.
a confused mixture; medley.
a state of confusion or disorder.
Also jumbal . a small, round, flat cake or cookie with a hole in the middle.
Origin of jumble
1Other words for jumble
Opposites for jumble
Other words from jumble
- jum·ble·ment, noun
- jumbler, noun
- jum·bling·ly, adverb
- un·jum·bled, adjective
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How to use jumble in a sentence
His chords, a chaotic jumble, his ear’s just a block of tin.
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Instead, Midnight Memories is more like a bunch of aspiring singles jumbled together, jostling for attention.
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Though his words at times may have been jumbled, the eloquence of his heart spoke.
It was a jumbled cypher, but the training that Lechmere had had in that kind of thing enabled him to read it almost at a glance.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteComic and tragic were so jumbled up in this startling series of adventures, that Jack scarce knew whether to laugh or to cry.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge HemyngWelcome shot past them like a bullet out of a gun, his voice trailing out behind him and becoming all jumbled up in the distance.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends | Stanley R. MatthewsPressing northward it was torn into the jumbled crush of serac-ice, sparkling beneath an unclouded sun.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonFossil beliefs of the most widely separated ages may be found jumbled together in the same story.
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British Dictionary definitions for jumble
/ (ˈdʒʌmbəl) /
to mingle (objects, papers, etc) in a state of disorder
(tr; usually passive) to remember in a confused form; muddle
a disordered mass, state, etc
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Also called: jumbal a small thin cake, usually ring-shaped
Origin of jumble
1Derived forms of jumble
- jumbler, noun
- jumbly, adjective
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