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MUMBLING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)

Synonyms:

gumming; mumbling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("mumbling" is a kind of...):

chew; chewing; manduction; mastication (biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow)

Derivation:

mumble (grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Indistinct enunciation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mumbling" is a kind of...):

diction; enunciation (the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience)

Derivation:

mumble (talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb mumble

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