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mumble

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
17
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈmʌmbəl/
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/ˈmʌmbəl/ · /ˈmʊmbəl/

Definition of mumble

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive, transitive)To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
    “Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.”
    “Peace, you mumbling fool.”
    “A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, / Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself.”
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verb

  1. (intransitive, transitive)To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
    “Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.”
    “Peace, you mumbling fool.”
    “A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, / Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself.”
  2. To chew something gently with closed lips.

noun

  1. A quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice.
    “All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.”
    “He spoke in a barely comprehensible mumble.”

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Etymology

From Middle English momelen, a frequentative of mum (sense 3) (“silent”). Compare German mümmeln, Middle Dutch mommelen and Dutch mompelen. Perhaps related to Norwegian Nynorsk mumpa (“to gum, to chew without teeth”).

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