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mumbles
[
muhm
-b
uh
l
]
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mum·ble
/
ˈmʌm
bəl
/
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[
muhm
-b
uh
l
]
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verb,
-bled,
-bling,
noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.
2.
to chew ineffectively, as from loss of teeth:
to mumble on a crust.
verb (used with object)
3.
to say or utter indistinctly, as with partly closed lips:
He mumbled something about expenses.
4.
to chew, or try to eat, with difficulty, as from loss of teeth.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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noun
5.
a low, indistinct utterance or
sound
.
Origin:
1275–1325;
Middle English
momelen,
equivalent to
mom
(
me
)
mum
1
+
-elen
-le
;
compare
Dutch
mommelen,
German
mummeln
Related forms
mum·bler,
noun
mum·bling·ly,
adverb
half-mum·bled,
adjective
un·mum·bled,
adjective
un·mum·bling,
adjective
Synonyms
1, 3.
See
murmur.
Antonyms
1.
articulate.
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Word Origin & History
mumble
early 14c., momelen, "to eat in a slow, ineffective manner," probably frequentative of interjection mum. The -b- is excrescent. Meaning "to speak indistinctly" is from mid-14c. The noun is first attested 1902. Related: Mumbled; mumbling.
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