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Jumble — Jumble, is a word puzzle in which a player is given a set of letters which, when arranged in the correct order, give the un jumbled word. A simple example would be the set of letters lbujme, which can then be rearranged to spell jumble . Thus the … Wikipedia
Jumble — Jum ble, n. 1. A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a jumble of words. [1913 Webster] 2. A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring shaped. [Also spelled {jumbal}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jumble — Jum ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jumbling}.] [Prob. fr. jump, i. e., to make to jump, or shake.] To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; often followed by together or up. [1913 Webster] Why dost… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jumble — [n] hodgepodge assortment, chaos, clutter, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, farrago, gallimaufry, garbage, goulash, hash*, litter, medley, mélange, mess, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, muddle, olio, pastiche, patchwork … New thesaurus
jumble — ► NOUN 1) an untidy collection of things. 2) Brit. articles collected for a jumble sale. ► VERB ▪ mix up in a confused way. ORIGIN probably symbolic … English terms dictionary
jumble — jumble1 [jum′bəl] n. [< ? OFr jumel, gemel (Fr jumeau), twin: see] a kind of thin, sugared cookie shaped like a ring: also sp. jumbal jumble2 [jum′bəl] vt. jumbled, jumbling [? blend of JUMP + TUMBLE] … English World dictionary
Jumble — Jum ble, v. i. To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly. Swift. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jumble — index complex (entanglement), confuse (bewilder), confuse (create disorder), discompose, entanglement ( … Law dictionary
jumble — n *confusion, disorder, chaos, disarray, clutter, snarl, muddle … New Dictionary of Synonyms
jumble — [[t]ʤʌ̱mb(ə)l[/t]] jumbles, jumbling, jumbled 1) N COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n A jumble of things is a lot of different things that are all mixed together in a disorganized or confused way. The shoreline was made up of a jumble of huge boulders … English dictionary
