Mumbling
['mʌmbliŋ]
Definition
(noun.) ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth).
(noun.) indistinct enunciation.
Typed by Evangeline--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mumble
(a.) Low; indistinct; inarticulate.
Typist: Marion
Examples
- Again, I listen to Miss Murdstone mumbling the responses, and emphasizing all the dread words with a cruel relish. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The old man mumbling to himself, after some consideration, that Fanny had run away, went to the next room to fetch her back. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Well, the lady can't deny that it's a handsome arrangement, Mr. Letterblair had summed up, after mumbling over a summary of the settlement. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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