jumble Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Jum"ble transitive verb
Etymology
Prob. fr. jump, i. e., to make to jump, or shake.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Jumbled ; present participle & verbal noun Jumbling
Definitions
  1. To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.
    Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together? Burton.
    Every clime and age Jumbled together. Tennyson.
Jum"ble intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly. Swift.
Jum"ble noun
Definitions
  1. A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a jumble of words.
  2. A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.

Webster 1913