jumble¹ Definition
jum·ble (jum′bəl)
noun
a kind of thin, sugared cookie shaped like a ring
Etymology: < ? OFr jumel, gemel (Fr jumeau), twin: see
jumble² Definition
jum·ble (jum′bəl)
transitive verb -·bled, -·bling
- to mix in a confused, disorderly heap
- to confuse mentally
intransitive verb
to be jumbled
noun
- a confused mixture or heap
- a muddle
- Brit. rummage sale
jumble Synonyms
jumble Usage Examples
Object
- mess: The result is a jumbled mess, filled with unhelpful pictures.
- sentence: Timed attempts: printable 7. Dialog jumbles Each sentence has to be re-arranged from individual word tiles Feedback at the end of each sentence.
- thought: I tried to make some order of my jumbled thoughts.
- mass: The actual title to the Nurse With Wound track was originally unknown, being an unreadable jumbled dadaist mass of Letraset letters!
- letter: Mumbo Jumbo is a highly addictive word game where you must discover real English words from a set of jumbled letters!
- sale: Record fairs, junk shops and jumble sales ' record racks have all been scoured, but so far in vain.
Adjective modifier
- meaningless: But they were merely a meaningless jumble of letters.
- chaotic: All this diversity in size and type of plants should produce what will appear to the layman as a chaotic jumble.
- confusing: A sunken bowl filled with a confusing jumble of ruins of what used to be the town market.
- fascinating: Houses and cottages cuddle together in a fascinating higgledy piggledy jumble of different periods.
Modifies a noun
- sale: Think of a swap shop or a jumble sale with no money changing hands.
- puzzle: Netster.com makes it fast and easy to find jumble puzzle Looking for jumble puzzle in the UK?
Modifying Another Word
together: Many sites contain exactly the same few clips, jumbled together with no categorization.
Noun used with modifier
- auto: A pack of 5 bushes was a quid at last year's Beaulieu auto jumble.
- boat: Ther is also a For Sale and Wanted section offering you a free to use online boat jumble.
Preposition: of
- boulder: The tent was now barely visible at the edge of the meadows by the jumble of boulders.
- rock: A beautiful pointy jumble of rocks which form a pyramid atop the peak.
- cottage: What was once a run-down area has been renovated into a picturesque jumble of cottages and bijou eateries.
- block: But others emerge from regions where the ground seems to have collapsed downwards leaving a jumble of large blocks of rock.
Followed by an intransitive particle
up: The fossils are all jumbled up together in the sediment.
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