jumble

[US]/ˈdʒʌmbl/
[UK]/ˈdʒʌmbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a state or situation of confusion; a pile of things in disorder
vi. to mix or be mixed in a confused way
vt. to mix up; to make confused.

Phrases & Collocations

jumble up

jumble of words

complete jumble

jumbled mess

jumble sale

Example Sentences

a nonsensical jumble of words.

the paragraph was a jumble of meaningless words.

jumbled outcroppings of bedrock.

jumble socks in a heap in the closet.

a jumble of paper scraps in a drawer.

He jumbled the pages in the paper.

Make sure you don’t jumble everything up.

oddments left over from a jumble sale

a jumble of images jostled for attention.

the stream flowed through a jumble of rocks.

The papers in the office were all jumbled up.

Have you any unwanted articles for the jumble sale?

a drawer full of letters jumbled together .

The rapid-fire questioning jumbled the witness's thoughts.

Her thoughts were all jumbled together.

The details of the accident were all jumbled together in his mind.

the noise of cannon fire. Adin is a jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds:

Have those things for the jumble sale been looked out yet?

How can I find that letter when all your papers are jumbled up like this?

"Ligeia", which Poe thought his best grotesque story, is now, for most readers, a jumble of morbid self-pity, diabolism, and gimcrack Gothicism.

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