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
Jumbling my words, I tried to explain the disease and prednisone and its side effects.
But, to some minds, photographs are confusing things, jumbling up the points of compass in an unreliable manner.
Joyce's Investments | Fannie E. NewberryAt break of day (Wednesday, 28th), Mosel is again on the road; heavily jumbling forward from his quarters in Bautsch.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleAt the corner, out of range of the windows of his fraternity house, he began his hurried, jumbling speech.
The Seven-Branched Candlestick | Gilbert W. (Gilbert Wolf) GabrielHer dream of the past and the present reality were jumbling themselves together.
The Shadow of a Crime | Hall Caine
A jumbling of sternest use and wildest fancy is one of the most bewildering of Oriental traits.
Beast and Man in India | John Lockwood Kipling
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
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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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