jumble

jumble: [[t]ʤʌ̱mb(ə)l[/t]]
jumbles, jumbling, jumbled

1) N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n A jumble of things is a lot of different things that are all mixed together in a disorganized or confused way.

The shoreline was made up of a jumble of huge boulders.

...a meaningless jumble of words.

Syn:

muddle

2) V-ERG If you jumble things, they become mixed together so that they are untidy or are not in the correct order.

[V n with together] He's making a new film by jumbling together bits of his other movies.

[V n with together] ...a number of animals whose remains were jumbled together by scavengers and floods...

His thoughts jumbled and raced like children fighting. [Also V n, V n prep]

Syn:

mix

PHR-V-ERG

To jumble up means the same as to jumble. V n P prep/adv They had jumbled it all up into a heap... V n P The bank scrambles all that money together, jumbles it all up and lends it out to hundreds and thousands of borrowers... V P The watch parts fell apart and jumbled up... Also V P n (not pron) V-ed P There were six wires jumbled up, tied together, all painted black.

3) N-UNCOUNT Jumble is old or unwanted things that people give away to charity. [BRIT]

She expects me to drive round collecting jumble for the church.
(in AM, use rummage)

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Synonyms:

Mix confusedly, throw together in disorder, confuse, mix up, huddle, Disorder, confusion, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, gallimaufry, olio, olla-podrida, confused mass, disorderly mixture

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Jumble — Jumble, is a word puzzle in which a player is given a set of letters which, when arranged in the correct order, give the un jumbled word. A simple example would be the set of letters lbujme, which can then be rearranged to spell jumble . Thus the … Wikipedia
Jumble — Jum ble, n. 1. A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a jumble of words. [1913 Webster] 2. A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring shaped. [Also spelled {jumbal}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jumble — Jum ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jumbling}.] [Prob. fr. jump, i. e., to make to jump, or shake.] To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; often followed by together or up. [1913 Webster] Why dost… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jumble — [n] hodgepodge assortment, chaos, clutter, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, farrago, gallimaufry, garbage, goulash, hash*, litter, medley, mélange, mess, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, muddle, olio, pastiche, patchwork … New thesaurus
jumble — ► NOUN 1) an untidy collection of things. 2) Brit. articles collected for a jumble sale. ► VERB ▪ mix up in a confused way. ORIGIN probably symbolic … English terms dictionary
jumble — jumble1 [jum′bəl] n. [< ? OFr jumel, gemel (Fr jumeau), twin: see] a kind of thin, sugared cookie shaped like a ring: also sp. jumbal jumble2 [jum′bəl] vt. jumbled, jumbling [? blend of JUMP + TUMBLE] … English World dictionary
Jumble — Jum ble, v. i. To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly. Swift. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jumble — index complex (entanglement), confuse (bewilder), confuse (create disorder), discompose, entanglement ( … Law dictionary
jumble — (v.) 1520s, originally to move confusedly, perhaps coined on model of stumble, tumble, etc. In 17c., it was yet another euphemism for have sex with (a sense first attested 1580s). Meaning mix or confuse is from 1540s. Related: Jumbled; jumbling.… … Etymology dictionary
jumble — n *confusion, disorder, chaos, disarray, clutter, snarl, muddle … New Dictionary of Synonyms

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