I. ˈjəmbəl verb
( jumbled ; jumbled ; jumbling -b(ə)liŋ ; jumbles )
Etymology: perhaps of imitative origin
intransitive verb
1. : to move in a confused or disordered mass : move in pell-mell fashion
the soldiers jumbled through the door — Robert McLaughlin
2.
a. archaic : to make discordant sounds
b. : to mingle in a confused or disordered manner : form a jumble
entrances and exits tended to jumble — Time
3. archaic : to travel with jolts
transitive verb
1. : to mix in a confused mass : put or throw together without order — often used with up
jumbles the stories up, giving no indication of when they were written — Edmund Wilson
jumbled up the members of the chorus … to suit his pictorial effect — Edward Sackville-West
2. archaic : to stir, agitate, or jolt about : shake up
a beast … whose trot would jumble me — William Cowper
II. noun
( -s )
1. : an assemblage of things mingled together without order, coherence, sequence, or plan : a confused, amorphous, or disordered mass : medley
picturesque jumbles of steep roofs, balconies, gables, dormers, and many chimneys — T.E.Tallmadge
a jumble of fishing craft — Martin Chisholm
a thick jumble of technical terms and apparatus — Shirley A. Briggs
our plans fell into a jumble — Carleton Beals
an architectural jumble
2. archaic : an instance of jolting or of being jolted : shock , jolt
3. Britain : articles for a rummage sale
most of the stuff was very inferior jumble — Nigel Balchin
also : rummage sale
they had a pair at the jumble — H.E.Bates
Synonyms: see confusion
III. noun
or jum·bal “
( -s )
Etymology: jumble alteration (probably influenced by jumble ) (I) of earlier jumbal, probably alteration of obsolete gimbal finger ring — more at gimbal
: a small thin sugared cake usually shaped like a ring