(~s, jumbling, ~d)
1.
A ~ of things is a lot of different things that are all mixed together in a disorganized or confused way.
The shoreline was made up of a ~ of huge boulders.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n
2.
If you ~ things or if things ~, they become mixed together so that they are untidy or are not in the correct order.
He’s making a new film by jumbling together bits of his other movies...
His thoughts ~d and raced like children fighting.
VERB: V n with together , V, also V n, V n prep
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To ~ up means the same as to ~ .
They had ~d it all up into a heap...
The bank scrambles all that money together, ~s it all up and lends it out to hundreds and thousands of borrowers...
The watch parts fell apart and ~d up...
There were six wires ~d up, tied together, all painted black.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P prep/adv, V n P, V P, V-ed P, also V P n (not pron)
3.
Jumble is old or unwanted things that people give away to charity. (BRIT; in AM, use rummage )
She expects me to drive round collecting ~ for the church.
N-UNCOUNT