Mumble
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌmbəl
Full definition of mumble
Verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.
- ShakespearePeace, you mumbling fool.
- OtwayA wrinkled hag, with age grown double,
Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself. - To chew something gently with closed lips.
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Noun
mumble
(plural mumbles)- A quiet or unintelligible vocalization.All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.
- A low tone of voice.''He spoke in a mumble.