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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a confused multitude of things;
[syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother]

2. small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie;
[syn: jumble, jumbal]

3. a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas;
[syn: patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble]


VERB (3)

1. be all mixed up or jumbled together;
- Example: "His words jumbled"
[syn: jumble, mingle]

2. assemble without order or sense;
- Example: "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
[syn: jumble, confuse, mix up]

3. bring into random order;
[syn: scramble, jumble, throw together]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jumble \Jum"ble\, v. i. To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jumble \Jum"ble\, n. 1. A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a jumble of words. [1913 Webster] 2. A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped. [Also spelled jumbal.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jumble \Jum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jumbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Jumbling.] [Prob. fr. jump, i. e., to make to jump, or shake.] To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up. [1913 Webster] Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together? --Burton. [1913 Webster] Every clime and age Jumbled together. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

jumble n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother] 2: small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie [syn: jumble, jumbal] 3: a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas [syn: patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble] v 1: be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled" [syn: jumble, mingle] 2: assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: jumble, confuse, mix up] 3: bring into random order [syn: scramble, jumble, throw together]