Mumble
11mumble */ — UK [ˈmʌmb(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms mumble : present tense I/you/we/they mumble he/she/it mumbles present participle mumbling past tense mumbled past participle mumbled to say something in a way that is not loud or clear …
12mumble — {{11}}mumble (n.) 1902, from MUMBLE (Cf. mumble) (v.). {{12}}mumble (v.) early 14c., momelen, to eat in a slow, ineffective manner (perhaps to talk with one s mouth full ), probably frequentative of interjection mum. The b is excrescent. Meaning… …
13mumble — 1. verb To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate. Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better. 2. noun a) A quiet or …
14mumble — [[t]mʌ̱mb(ə)l[/t]] mumbles, mumbling, mumbled VERB If you mumble, you speak very quietly and not at all clearly with the result that the words are difficult to understand. Her grandmother mumbled in her sleep... [V n] He mumbled a few words... [V …
15mumble — mum|ble [ˈmʌmbəl] v [I and T] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From the sound] to say something too quietly or not clearly enough, so that other people cannot understand you →↑mutter ▪ He bumped into someone and mumbled an apology. ▪ Stop mumbling!… …
16mumble — verb (mumbled; mumbling) Etymology: Middle English momelen, of imitative origin Date: 14th century intransitive verb to utter words in a low confused indistinct manner ; mutter transitive verb 1. to utter with a low inarticulate voice 2. to chew… …
17mumble — mumbler, n. mumblingly, adv. /mum beuhl/, v., mumbled, mumbling, n. v.i. 1. to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter. 2. to chew ineffectively, as from loss of teeth: to mumble on a crust. v.t. 3. to say or… …
18mumble — verb ADVERB ▪ incoherently ▪ quietly, softly ▪ quickly ▪ sleepily ▪ angrily, bitterly …
19mumble — mum·ble inter. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} spec. nel linguaggio dei fumetti, per indicare il riflettere, il rimuginare anche accompagnato da un borbottio sommesso; anche s.m.inv. {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1964. ETIMO: der. di (to) mumble borbottare ,… …
20mumble — {{hw}}{{mumble}}{{/hw}}interiez. Nel linguaggio dei fumetti, voce che riproduce il rumore di chi borbotta o rimugina sommessamente. ETIMOLOGIA: voce ingl., propr. ‘borbottio’, da (to) mumble ‘borbottare’, di orig. onomat …
