jum´bler

jum´bler: jum|ble¹ «JUHM buhl», verb, -bled, -bling, noun.

–v.t.

1. to mix or confuse: »She jumbled up everything in her drawer while hunting for her white gloves.

2. to confuse mentally: »To jumble the innocent and the guilty…by a general indemnity (Edmund Burke).

3. to shake up; jolt: »The coach jumbled us insensibly into some sort of familiarity (Sir Richard Steele).

–v.i.

1. to move in a confused manner; flounder; stumble: »They will all meet and jumble together (Jonathan Swift).

2. to move or travel with jolting: »Trotting Neely…jumbled off with her cart (Scott).

–n.

1. a muddle; mixed-up mess; state of confusion: »My desk was in such a jumble I couldn't find anything.
SYNONYM(S): medley, hodgepodge.

2. a jolt or jolting.

╂[perhaps imitative]

–jum´ble|ment, noun.

–jum´bler, noun.

jum|ble² «JUHM buhl», noun.

a cooky with a hole in the middle.

╂[probably variant of earlier gimbal, singular of gimbals (because it is ring-shaped)]

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jum´ble|ment — jum|ble1 «JUHM buhl», verb, bled, bling, noun. –v.t. 1. to mix or confuse: »She jumbled up everything in her drawer while hunting for her white gloves. 2. to confuse mentally: »To jumble the innocent and the guilty…by a general indemnity (Edmund… … Useful english dictionary
jum|ble — jum|ble1 «JUHM buhl», verb, bled, bling, noun. –v.t. 1. to mix or confuse: »She jumbled up everything in her drawer while hunting for her white gloves. 2. to confuse mentally: »To jumble the innocent and the guilty…by a general indemnity (Edmund… … Useful english dictionary
jumble — jum•ble [[t]ˈdʒʌm bəl[/t]] v. bled, bling, n. 1) to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order 2) to confuse mentally; muddle 3) to be mixed together in a disorderly heap or mass 4) to meet or come together confusedly 5) a mixed… … From formal English to slang
jumbler — jumˈbler noun • • • Main Entry: ↑jumble … Useful english dictionary
Jumbler — Jum bler, n. One who confuses things. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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