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mumble

[ muhm-buhl ]

verb (used without object)

mumbled, mumbling.
  1. to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.

    Antonyms:

  2. to chew ineffectively, as from loss of teeth:

    to mumble on a crust.



verb (used with object)

mumbled, mumbling.
  1. to say or utter indistinctly, as with partly closed lips:

    He mumbled something about expenses.

  2. to chew, or try to eat, with difficulty, as from loss of teeth.

noun

  1. a low, indistinct utterance or sound.

mumble

/ 藞尘蕦尘产蓹濒 /

verb

  1. to utter indistinctly, as with the mouth partly closed; mutter
  2. rare.
    to chew (food) ineffectually or with difficulty
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an indistinct or low utterance or sound
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞尘耻尘产濒别谤, noun
  • 藞尘耻尘产濒颈苍驳濒测, adverb
  • 藞尘耻尘产濒颈苍驳, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘耻尘顎僢濒别谤 noun
  • 尘耻尘顎僢濒颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 丑补濒蹿顎-尘耻尘顎僢濒别诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路尘耻尘顎僢濒别诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路尘耻尘顎僢濒颈苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mumble1

1275鈥1325; Middle English momelen, equivalent to mom ( me ) mum 1 + -elen -le; compare Dutch mommelen, German mummeln
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mumble1

C14 momelen, from mum
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Synonym Study

See murmur.
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Example Sentences

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He awkwardly mumbled about sponsoring the World Cup.

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鈥淭wo superstars from Japan aren鈥檛 enough?鈥 the baseball world surely mumbled.

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She said the two seemed dazed and mumbled a response, but they didn鈥檛 spring into action.

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His words sometimes mumbled and his syntax mangled.

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This quarterback was not the same one that had mumbled through his first meeting with the media months earlier.

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