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jumble
[ juhm-buhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order:
You've jumbled up all the cards.
Antonyms: separate
- to confuse mentally; muddle.
verb (used without object)
- to be mixed together in a disorderly heap or mass.
- to meet or come together confusedly.
noun
- 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.
Synonyms: chaos, muddle, mess, gallimaufry, farrago, hodgepodge
Antonyms: order
- Also jumbal. a small, round, flat cake or cookie with a hole in the middle.
jumble
/ ˈdʒʌmbəl /
verb
- to mingle (objects, papers, etc) in a state of disorder
- tr; usually passive to remember in a confused form; muddle
noun
- a disordered mass, state, etc
- articles donated for a jumble sale
- Also calledjumbal a small thin cake, usually ring-shaped
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Derived Forms
- ˈjumbly, adjective
- ˈjumbler, noun
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Other Words From
- jumble·ment noun
- jumbler noun
- jumbling·ly adverb
- un·jumbled adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jumble1
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Example Sentences
A jumble of split screen video, audio snippets, on-site reporting, and commentary cut-aways followed.
He poured heaps of them onto a bed and set about sorting the jumble of tiny vehicles.
They just might get it—a jumble not just of selling points but complementary liabilities.
An “overproduced, overblown, confusingly dark and laboriously ambitious jumble,” ruled Newsday.
It pauses the careening jumble of events to carve out moments of stillness.
Then he will vent upon you a torrent of abuse, ending in some jumble of socialistic ideas of his own concoction.
It can only mislead and mystify and the greater part of the literature is a mere jumble of inaccurate and mystifying statements.
I am writing opposite Lady Hamilton, therefore you will not be surprised at the glorious jumble of this letter.
The jumble of the night had disintegrated most of the formed bodies, and the whole thing had the appearance of a vast dbcle.
The camp was pitched at two hundred and eighty-three miles amidst a jumble of ramps and sastrugi.
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