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jumbled
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Jumbled
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jum·ble
/
ˈdʒʌm
bəl
/
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[
juhm
-b
uh
l
]
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verb,
jum·bled,
jum·bling,
noun
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,
jum·bal.
a small, round, flat cake or cookie with a hole in the middle.
Origin:
1520–30;
perhaps blend of
joll
to bump (now dial.) and
tumble
Related forms
jum·ble·ment,
noun
jum·bler,
noun
jum·bling·ly,
adverb
un·jum·bled,
adjective
Synonyms
7.
muddle, hodgepodge; farrago, gallimaufry; mess; chaos.
Antonyms
1.
separate.
7.
order.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
jumble
(ˈdʒʌmb
ə
l)
—
vb
1.
to mingle (objects, papers, etc) in a state of disorder
2.
(
tr; usually passive
) to remember in a confused form; muddle
—
n
3.
a disordered mass, state, etc
4.
(
Brit
) articles donated for a jumble sale
5.
Also called:
jumbal
a small thin cake, usually ring-shaped
[C16: of uncertain origin]
'jumbler
—
n
'jumbly
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
jumble
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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Her legs were swollen, her toenails had grown into claws and her bedroom was so
jumbled
even the mice were confounded.
Primitive campsites are situated in a valley surrounded by
jumbled
rock.
They may appear
jumbled
, but people who worked together and died together are
grouped together.
And, after pages of
jumbled
and unconvincing argument, she began to understand
what she was writing.
New crust forms on the subsiding molten lava with ropy, lineated, or
jumbled
morphologies.
Eventually it will end up as a few
jumbled
letters that at totally meaningless to all.
Jumbled
ice on horizon is the pressure ridge at the edge of the floe.
Well your thoughts and information was
jumbled
and incredibly unclear.
And drinks, and parties, and meal schedules that get
jumbled
as people try to get all the shopping done.
As the protagonist loses his grip on reality, scenes are
jumbled
together and the art becomes sketchy and inconsistent.
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