jumble
verb/ˈdʒʌmbl/
/ˈdʒʌmbl/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they jumble | /ˈdʒʌmbl/ /ˈdʒʌmbl/ |
| he / she / it jumbles | /ˈdʒʌmblz/ /ˈdʒʌmblz/ |
| past simple jumbled | /ˈdʒʌmbld/ /ˈdʒʌmbld/ |
| past participle jumbled | /ˈdʒʌmbld/ /ˈdʒʌmbld/ |
| -ing form jumbling | /ˈdʒʌmblɪŋ/ /ˈdʒʌmblɪŋ/ |
- to mix things together in a confused or untidy way
- be jumbled together Books, shoes and clothes were jumbled together on the floor.
- be jumbled up The letters in these words have been jumbled up.
- jumble something (together/up) She put the raffle tickets into a bag and jumbled them up.
Word Originearly 16th cent.: probably symbolic.
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