From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
jumble
n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, muddle,
mare's nest, welter, smother]
2: small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie [syn: jumbal]
3: a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous
ideas [syn: patchwork, hodgepodge]
v 1: be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled"
[syn: mingle]
2: assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when
she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: confuse, {mix
up}]
3: bring into random order [syn: scramble, throw together]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jumble \Jum"ble\, v. i.
To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly.
--Swift.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jumble \Jum"ble\, n.
1. A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order;
as, a jumble of words.
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2. A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped. [Also
spelled jumbal.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies
together? --Burton.
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Every clime and age
Jumbled together. --Tennyson.
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