mumble
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈmʌmbəl/
Verb

mumble (mumbles, present participle mumbling; past and past participle mumbled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
    Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.
    • c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene v]:
      Peace, you mumbling fool.
    • A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, / Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself.
  2. To chew something gently with closed lips.
Synonyms Translations Noun

mumble (plural mumbles)

  1. A quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice.
    All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.
    He spoke in a barely comprehensible mumble.
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