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Jumble   /dʒˈəmbəl/   Listen
noun
Jumble  n.  
1.
A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a jumble of words.
2.
A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped. (Also spelled jumbal)


verb
Jumble  v. t.  (past & past part. jumbled; pres. part. jumbling)  To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; often followed by together or up. "Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together?" "Every clime and age Jumbled together."


Jumble  v. i.  To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly.





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"Jumble" Quotes from Famous Books



... we were to camp simply for the night—as we fondly thought—was found to be a sprawling jumble of water-worn pebbles, boulders and sand, with a long narrow spit projecting to the east, much frequented by gulls, of whose eggs a large number were gathered. To the south, on the mainland, is the site of the old North-West ...
— Through the Mackenzie Basin - A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 • Charles Mair
... limestone rocks outside made the little room seem almost black at first, and all Rex could distinguish as he followed the others was Ruth's bright smile as she stood near the door and a jumble of dark figures ...
— In the Quarter • Robert W. Chambers
... she, "hear it all together, when you come in, or have it in little bits, head and tail, all of a jumble?" ...
— Rudder Grange • Frank R. Stockton
... extremely flat. The vocables, as we have seen, are so few in number that only the colloquial, if even that, could possibly be transcribed in this manner. Any attempt to transliterate classical Chinese would result in a mere jumble of sounds, utterly unintelligible, even with the addition of tone-marks. There is another aspect of the case. The characters are a potent bond of union between the different parts of the Empire with their various ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 - "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" • Various
... the beaver house in the water close to the shore and overlapping it. Though strongly and carefully built, it looks very much like a jumble of small driftwood, with bleached sticks well packed together, and the ends standing out at all angles. The sticks are stripped of their bark and the house gleams whitely against the dark water. The houses ...
— On the Trail - An Outdoor Book for Girls • Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard


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