• Mumble

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ÊŒmbÉ™l

    Full definition of mumble

    Verb

    1. (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.
    2. To chew something gently with closed lips.

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    Noun

    mumble

    (plural mumbles)
    1. A quiet or unintelligible vocalization.All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.
    2. A low tone of voice.''He spoke in a mumble.
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