Mum·bling a. Low; indistinct; inarticulate. -- Mum*bling*ly, adv.
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Mum·ble v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mumbled p. pr. & vb. n. Mumbling ]
1. To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter.
Peace, you mumbling fool. --Shak.
A wrinkled hag, with age grown double,
Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself. --Otway.
2. To chew something gently with closed lips.
mumbling
adj : speaking low and indistinctly; "a mumbling parson stood
beside the dying man"; "muttering crowds of onlookers"
[syn: muttering]
n 1: indistinct enunciation
2: ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth) [syn: gumming]