mumbling

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noun

An act in which someone mumbles something

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gumming
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mumble
nounmumbling (plural mumblings)

plural mumblings

  1. An act in which someone mumbles something

    The second is the contrast with the inarticulate stumblings, mumblings, evasions and half-truths of our current president.

    2008 March 20, “Obama Challenges the Racial Divide”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

nounineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)

Similar
gumming
Broader
chewchewingmastication
Also see
gumming

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

mumbling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mumbling

MLA

“mumbling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mumbling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mumbling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mumbling.

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