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mumbling
Variant of mumble
transitive verb, intransitive verb mumbled, mumbling
- 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
noun
a mumbled sound or utterance
Related Forms:
- mumbler noun
- mumblingly adverb
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