transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒʌmb(ə)l ]
( jumbles, jumbling, jumbled)
1.
A jumble 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 jumble of huge boulders.
N-COUNT : usu sing , usu N of n
2.
If you jumble things or if things jumble , 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 jumbled and raced like children fighting.
VERB : V n with together , V , also V n , V n prep
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To jumble up means the same as to jumble .
They had jumbled it all up into a heap...
The bank scrambles all that money together, jumbles it all up and lends it out to hundreds and thousands of borrowers...
The watch parts fell apart and jumbled up...
There were six wires jumbled 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 jumble for the church.
N-UNCOUNT