Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jumble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jumble \Jum"ble\, v. i.
To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly.
--Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jumble \Jum"ble\, n.
1. A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order;
as, a jumble of words.
2. A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies
together? -- Burton.
Every clime and age Jumbled together. -- Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jumble
n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: {clutter}, {muddle}, {mare's
nest}, {welter}, {smother}]
2: small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie [syn: {jumbal}]
3: a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous
ideas [syn: {patchwork}, {hodgepodge}]
v 1: be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled"
[syn: {mingle}]
2: assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when
she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: {confuse}, {mix
up}]
3: bring into random order [syn: {scramble}, {throw together}]
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