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English Dictionary: jumble by the DICT Development Group
4 results for jumble
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jumble
n
  1. a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother]
  2. small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie
    Synonym(s): jumble, jumbal
  3. a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
    Synonym(s): patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble
v
  1. be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled"
    Synonym(s): jumble, mingle
  2. assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
    Synonym(s): jumble, confuse, mix up
  3. bring into random order
    Synonym(s): scramble, jumble, throw together
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jumble \Jum"ble\, v. i.
      To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly.
      --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jumble \Jum"ble\, 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
               Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies
               together?                                                -- Burton.
  
               Every clime and age Jumbled together.      -- Tennyson.
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