jum|ble

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 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)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • ble — ab·di·ca·ble; abom·i·na·ble; abus·a·ble; ac·ces·si·ble; ac·com·mo·da·ble; ac·cost·a·ble; ac·cu·mu·la·ble; ac·cus·a·ble; ace·to·sol·u·ble; achie·va·ble; acid·i·fi·a·ble; ac·knowl·edge·a·ble; act·a·ble; ac·ti·va·ble; ac·tu·al·iz·a·ble; add·a·ble;… …   English syllables

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