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
When tested on a jumble of polyethylene, PET and EVOH beads, the solvent washes recovered more than 95 percent of each material — hinting that these solvents could be used to strip plastic components off bulkier items than packaging films.
Chemists are reimagining recycling to keep plastics out of landfills | Maria Temming | January 27, 2021 | Science NewsSunday afternoon, a jumble of humanity bowled into Burrow’s left leg as he planted it to throw.
What to know from NFL Week 11: Carson Wentz looks lost, and Taysom Hill is just getting started | Adam Kilgore | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostWhile the microscopic deltamethrin crystals in the original spray have a haphazard structure, which looks like a jumble of misaligned flakes, the melted deltamethrin crystals solidified into starburst shapes when they cooled to room temperature.
Heating deltamethrin may help it kill pesticide-resistant mosquitoes | Maria Temming | October 19, 2020 | Science NewsTikTok, as Wired pointed out last year, is a “brilliant design nightmare”—an endless scroll of 15-second videos that seem to play at random, with hard-to-read fonts, and a jumble of non-intuitive icons.
How would Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom redesign TikTok as CEO? | claychandler | September 22, 2020 | FortuneIn the hot rows, a jumble of multicolored wires crisscrosses in tangled skeins.
The Deck Is Not Rigged: Poker and the Limits of AI | Maria Konnikova | August 7, 2020 | Singularity Hub
A jumble of split screen video, audio snippets, on-site reporting, and commentary cut-aways followed.
Up To a Point: Binge Watching Putin's Propaganda Network | P. J. O’Rourke | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe 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.
Reanimated and Ready: The Unstoppable Huckenstein | James Poulos | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn “overproduced, overblown, confusingly dark and laboriously ambitious jumble,” ruled Newsday.
A ‘Wicked’ Decade: How a Critically Trashed Musical Became a Long-Running Smash | Kevin Fallon | October 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt 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.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithIt 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 Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) | A. T. (Alfred Thayer) MahanThe jumble of the night had disintegrated most of the formed bodies, and the whole thing had the appearance of a vast dbcle.
The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade | Edward Lord GleichenThe camp was pitched at two hundred and eighty-three miles amidst a jumble of ramps and sastrugi.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
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
British articles donated for a jumble sale
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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