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mum·ble (mum′bəl)

transitive verb, intransitive verb mumbled -·bled, mumbling -·bling

  1. to speak or say indistinctly and in a low voice, as with the mouth partly closed; mutter
  2. Rare to chew gently and ineffectively, as with toothless gums

Etymology: ME momelen, like Ger mummeln, Du mommelen, of echoic orig.

noun

a mumbled sound or utterance

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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