jumble
pronunciation
How to pronounce jumble in British English:
UK [ˈdʒʌmbl]
How to pronounce jumble in American English:
US [ˈdʒʌmbl]
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- Noun:
- a confused multitude of things
- small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie
- a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
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- Verb:
- be all mixed up or jumbled together
- assemble without order or sense
- bring into random order
Word Origin
- jumble (v.)
- 1520s, originally "to move confusedly," perhaps coined on model of stumble, tumble, etc. In 17c., it was yet another euphemism for "have sex with" (a sense first attested 1580s). Meaning "mix or confuse" is from 1540s. Related: Jumbled; jumbling.
- jumble (n.)
- "a confused mixture," 1660s, from jumble (v.).
Example
- 1. Out of my beirut hotel window the jumble of history is everywhere .
- 2. When we awaken , our minds are often better able to make connections that were hidden in the jumble of information .
- 3. They had feared the return of the left to government and the prospect of a jumble of alliances with regional power-brokers .
- 4. Where else have you seen such a jumble of flavors , where a plate of clams might share the table with a beef dish ?
- 5. Consequently , rather than neatly arranging the furniture of global governance , the advent of the g20 has merely created a bigger jumble of groupings than before .