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Webster 1913 Edition


Mumbling

Mum′bling

,
Adj.
Low; indistinct; inarticulate.
Mum′bling-ly
,
adv.
The miserable
Mumbo Jumbo
they paraded.
Dickens.
2.
An object of superstitious homage and fear.
Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mumbling

MUM'BLING

,
ppr.
Uttering with a low inarticulate voice; chewing softly or with a grumbling sound.

Definition 2024


mumbling

mumbling

English

Verb

mumbling

  1. present participle of mumble

Noun

mumbling (plural mumblings)

  1. An act in which someone mumbles something
    • 2008 March 20, “Obama Challenges the Racial Divide”, in New York Times:
      The second is the contrast with the inarticulate stumblings, mumblings, evasions and half-truths of our current president.