Mumbling

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mumbling \Mum"bling\, a.
     Low; indistinct; inarticulate. -- {Mum"bling*ly}, adv.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Mumble \Mum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Mumbling}.] [OE. momelen; cf. D. mompelen, mommelen, G.
     mummelen, Sw. mumla, Dan. mumle. Cf. {Mum}, a., {Mumm},
     {Mump}, v.]
     1. To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the
        sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a
        grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or
        displeasure; to mutter.
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              Peace, you mumbling fool.             --Shak.
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              A wrinkled hag, with age grown double,
              Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself.
                                                    --Otway.
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     2. To chew something gently with closed lips.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mumbling
       adj : speaking low and indistinctly; "a mumbling parson stood
             beside the dying man"; "muttering crowds of onlookers"
             [syn: {muttering}]
       n 1: indistinct enunciation
       2: ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth) [syn: {gumming}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "mumbling":
     aspiration, bated breath, breath, breathy voice, drone, droning,
     exhalation, gabble, gibber, gibbering, jabber, jibber,
     little voice, low voice, maundering, mouthing, mumble, murmur,
     murmuration, murmuring, murmurish, murmurous, mutter, muttering,
     rustling, sigh, soft voice, stage whisper, still small voice,
     susurrant, susurration, susurrous, susurrus, underbreath,
     undertone, whisper, whispering, whispery