mumble

verb

/ˈmʌmbəl/

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”).

derived from momelen

Definitions

1
To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly
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.
To chew something gently with closed lips.
3
A quiet or unintelligible vocalization
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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Derived

jerrycummumble, mismumble, mumblage, mumblecore, mumble-matins, mumblement, mumblenews, mumbler, mumble rap, mumblesome, mumblety peg, mumblingly, mumbly

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mumble. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA