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jum·ble

(jŭm′bəl)

v. jum·bled, jum·bling, jum·bles

v.tr.

1. To mix in a confused way; throw together carelessly: jumble socks in a heap.

2. To muddle; confuse: The rapid-fire questioning jumbled the witness's thoughts.

v.intr.

To be mixed in a confused way: dividers to keep the files from jumbling.

1. A confused or disordered mass: a jumble of paper scraps.

2. A disordered state; a muddle: receipts in a jumble.

[Origin unknown.]

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jumble

(ˈdʒʌmbəl)

1. to mingle (objects, papers, etc) in a state of disorder

2. (tr; usually passive) to remember in a confused form; muddle

3. a disordered mass, state, etc

4. Brit articles donated for a jumble sale

5. (Cookery) Also called: jumbal a small thin cake, usually ring-shaped

[C16: of uncertain origin]

ˈjumbler n

ˈjumbly adj

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jum•ble

(ˈdʒʌm bəl)

v. -bled, -bling,
n. v.t.

1. to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order.

2. to confuse mentally; muddle.

v.i.

3. to be mixed together in a disorderly heap or mass.

4. to meet or come together confusedly.

5. a mixed or disordered heap or mass.

6. a confused mixture; medley.

7. a state of confusion or disorder.

[1520–30]

jum′bler, n.

jum′bling•ly, adv.

Jumble

a confused mixture. See also hotchpotch, huddle.

Examples: jumble of atoms, 1706; of hills and rocks, 1882; of intentions, 1767; of disagreeable things, 1711; of words, 1757.

jumble

Past participle: jumbled
Gerund: jumbling

Imperative
jumble
jumble

Present
I jumble
you jumble
he/she/it jumbles
we jumble
you jumble
they jumble

Preterite
I jumbled
you jumbled
he/she/it jumbled
we jumbled
you jumbled
they jumbled

Present Continuous
I am jumbling
you are jumbling
he/she/it is jumbling
we are jumbling
you are jumbling
they are jumbling

Present Perfect
I have jumbled
you have jumbled
he/she/it has jumbled
we have jumbled
you have jumbled
they have jumbled

Past Continuous
I was jumbling
you were jumbling
he/she/it was jumbling
we were jumbling
you were jumbling
they were jumbling

Past Perfect
I had jumbled
you had jumbled
he/she/it had jumbled
we had jumbled
you had jumbled
they had jumbled

Future
I will jumble
you will jumble
he/she/it will jumble
we will jumble
you will jumble
they will jumble

Future Perfect
I will have jumbled
you will have jumbled
he/she/it will have jumbled
we will have jumbled
you will have jumbled
they will have jumbled

Future Continuous
I will be jumbling
you will be jumbling
he/she/it will be jumbling
we will be jumbling
you will be jumbling
they will be jumbling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been jumbling
you have been jumbling
he/she/it has been jumbling
we have been jumbling
you have been jumbling
they have been jumbling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been jumbling
you will have been jumbling
he/she/it will have been jumbling
we will have been jumbling
you will have been jumbling
they will have been jumbling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been jumbling
you had been jumbling
he/she/it had been jumbling
we had been jumbling
you had been jumbling
they had been jumbling

Conditional
I would jumble
you would jumble
he/she/it would jumble
we would jumble
you would jumble
they would jumble

Past Conditional
I would have jumbled
you would have jumbled
he/she/it would have jumbled
we would have jumbled
you would have jumbled
they would have jumbled

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Noun	1.	jumble - a confused multitude of things clutter, fuddle, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter disorderliness, disorder - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder" rummage - a jumble of things to be given away
	2.	jumble - small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie jumbal cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
	3.	jumble - a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas patchwork, hodgepodge theory - a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"
Verb	1.	jumble - be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled" mingle be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	2.	jumble - assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" mix up, confuse confuse, confound - mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" addle, muddle, puddle - mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" assemble, put together, tack together, set up, piece, tack - create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
	3.	jumble - bring into random order throw together, scramble disarray, disorder - bring disorder to tumble - throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"

jumble

noun

1. muddle, mixture, mess, disorder, confusion, chaos, litter, clutter, disarray, medley, mélange (French), miscellany, mishmash, farrago, hotchpotch (U.S.), hodgepodge, gallimaufry, pig's breakfast (informal), disarrangement a meaningless jumble of words

verb

1. mix, mistake, confuse, disorder, shuffle, tangle, muddle, confound, entangle, ravel, disorganize, disarrange, dishevel animals whose remains were jumbled together by scavengers and floods

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jumble

verb

1. To put into total disorder:

ball up, confuse, disorder, mess up, muddle, scramble, snarl.

Slang: snafu.

Idiom: play havoc with.

2. To put out of proper order:

derange, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, mess up, mix up, muddle, tumble, unsettle, upset.

3. To mix together so as to change the order of arrangement:

scramble, shuffle.

Games: riffle.

4. To cause to be unclear in mind or intent:

addle, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, discombobulate, dizzy, fuddle, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle.

Informal: throw.

Idiom: make one's head reel.

noun

1. A collection of various things:

assortment, conglomeration, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety.

Slang: grab bag.

2. A lack of order or regular arrangement:

chaos, clutter, confusedness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, mess, mix-up, muddle, muss, scramble, topsy-turviness, tumble.

Slang: snafu.

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fárrago

jumble

[ˈdʒʌmbl]

A. N

1. [of objects] → revoltijo m, batiburrillo m (fig) → confusión f, embrollo m
a jumble of furniture → un batiburrillo de muebles, un montón de muebles revueltos
a jumble of sounds → unos ruidos confusos

2. (Brit) (at jumble sale) (= old clothes) → ropa f usada; (= bric-à-brac) → objetos mpl usados

B. VT (also jumble together, jumble up) → mezclar, amontonar
papers jumbled up together → papeles revueltos
they were just jumbled together anyhow → estaban mezclados or amontonados de cualquier manera

C. CPD jumble sale N (Brit) → mercadillo m benéfico (venta de objetos usados con fines benéficos)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

jumble

(ˈdʒambl) verb

(often with up or together) to mix or throw together without order. In this puzzle, the letters of all the words have been jumbled (up); His shoes and clothes were all jumbled (together) in the cupboard.desordenar

noun

1. a confused mixture. He found an untidy jumble of things in the drawer.revoltijo

2. unwanted possessions suitable for a jumble sale. Have you any jumble to spare?trastos, cosas viejas

jumble sale

a sale of unwanted possessions, eg used clothing, usually to raise money for a charity etc. rastrillo benéfico

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The teachers, animated solely by good intentions, had no idea of execution, and a lamentable jumble was the upshot of their kind endeavours.

An exceedingly and confoundingly perplexing jumble of a school, in fact, where black spirits and grey, red spirits and white, jumbled jumbled jumbled jumbled, jumbled every night.

In this way it had come about that Charley Hexam had risen in the jumble, taught in the jumble, and been received from the jumble into a better school.

In some visits to the Jumble his attention had been attracted to this boy Hexam.

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The artillery booming, forward, rearward, and on the flanks made jumble of ideas of direction.

Into the unspeakable jumble in the roadway rode a squadron of cavalry.

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It was all a jumble, but this jumble I shall not inflict upon you.

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I declare my head used to be such a jumble of French and German, history and arithmetic, grammar and music, I used to feel sometimes as if it would split.

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To be sure, the charade, with its "ready wit"but then the "soft eyes" in fact it suited neither; it was a jumble without taste or truth.

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Some travellers, who had got as far as Kazeh, or the great lakes, saw slaves that had been brought from this region; interrogated them concerning it, and, from their different narratives, made up a jumble of notions, and deduced systems from them.

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Yet it is not perfect - it has indeed been called "a most pleasant jumble."* Malory made up none of the stories; as he himself tells us, he took them from French books, and in some of these French books the stories are told much better.

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"But they're not as stuck up as the Frosted Jumbles," declared Mr.

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