mumble 
mum·ble (mum′bəl)
transitive verb, intransitive verb mumbled -·bled, mumbling -·bling
- to speak or say indistinctly and in a low voice, as with the mouth partly closed; mutter
- Rare to chew gently and ineffectively, as with toothless gums
Etymology: ME momelen, like Ger mummeln, Du mommelen, of echoic orig.
noun
mumble
v.
Antonyms
to mumble is to utter almost inaudible or inarticulate sounds in low tones, with the mouth nearly closed an old woman mumbling to herself; murmur implies a continuous flow of words or sounds in a low, indistinct voice and may apply to utterances of satisfaction or dissatisfaction to murmur a prayer; mutter usually suggests angry or discontented words or sounds of this kind to mutter curses
Object
- Jun: Posted by: mumbles 30 Jun 2006, 8:42 AM Is there any chance of using a cradle?
Modifies a noun
- something: Are they going to just keep walking, wave a hand at me, and mumble something like ' sorry, I'm late?
Modifying Another Word
- n't: People who suffer from it are always saying: ' Do n't mumble - speak up!
Noun used with modifier
- struct: It is easy enough for you to make your code work by moving the definition of struct mumble above the prototype.
- I: I get drunk on tour and act like an ass, I mumble and I splutter.
The public is anold woman.Let her maunderand mumble.
Since I've become a central banker, I've learned to mumblewithgreatcoherence If Iseemundulyclear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.
Whenindanger, ponder. Whenintrouble, delegate. And when in doubt, mumble.
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