Jumble
noun
A confused mixture or mass of things.
There was a jumble of books and papers on the desk.
Often appears as...
- jumble of thoughts
- jumble of emotions
verb
To mix things together in a disorderly way.
He jumbled all the clothes in his suitcase.
Often appears as...
- jumble together
- jumble up
noun
A British fundraising event where used items are sold, similar to a garage sale.
I bought this lovely vintage dress from a jumble sale.
Often appears as...
- jumble sale
- charity jumble
noun
A confused mixture or mass of things.
There was a jumble of books and papers on the desk.
Often appears as...
- jumble of thoughts
- jumble of emotions
verb
To mix things together in a disorderly way.
He jumbled all the clothes in his suitcase.
Often appears as...
- jumble together
- jumble up
noun
A British fundraising event where used items are sold, similar to a garage sale.
I bought this lovely vintage dress from a jumble sale.
Often appears as...
- jumble sale
- charity jumble
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine chaotic scenes to understand 'jumble' as a noun; it suggests visual disorder.
His room was a jumble of clothes, books, and gadgets.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional State
Can describe overwhelming feelings, not just physical objects.
After the news, she felt a jumble of worry and relief.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Impression
Often implies a negative view of the disorder or confusion.
The essay was a jumble of incomplete ideas.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine chaotic scenes to understand 'jumble' as a noun; it suggests visual disorder.
His room was a jumble of clothes, books, and gadgets.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional State
Can describe overwhelming feelings, not just physical objects.
After the news, she felt a jumble of worry and relief.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Impression
Often implies a negative view of the disorder or confusion.
The essay was a jumble of incomplete ideas.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine chaotic scenes to understand 'jumble' as a noun; it suggests visual disorder.
His room was a jumble of clothes, books, and gadgets.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional State
Can describe overwhelming feelings, not just physical objects.
After the news, she felt a jumble of worry and relief.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Impression
Often implies a negative view of the disorder or confusion.
The essay was a jumble of incomplete ideas.
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Andrew Blum: What is the...
and the cable guy came to fix it, and he started with the dusty clump of cables behind the couch, and he followed it to the front of my building and into the basement and out to the back yard, and there was this big jumble of cables against the wall. And then he saw a squirrel running along the wire, and he said, "There's your problem.
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A tale of mental illness...
with a raised knife. Imagine having a nightmare while you're awake. Often, speech and thinking become disorganized to the point of incoherence. Loose associations involves putting together words that may sound a lot alike but don't make sense, and if the words get jumbled up enough, it's called "word salad."
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A Rosetta Stone for the...
we can analyze now here's one other thing you could do with the computer model so imagine a monkey sitting at a keyboard okay you might get a random jumble of letters that looks like this now such a random jumble of letters is said to have a very high entropy this that physics and information theory term
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Amanda Gorman: Using...
is by having this mantra most of my life i was particularly terrified of speaking up because i had a speech impediment which made it difficult to pronounce certain letters sounds and i felt like i was fine writing on the page once i got on stage i was worried my words might jumble and stumble what was
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Sled Dogs PIPE Life Below...
going through rough jumbled ice and I'm really concerned about taking care of my dogs because they're my work force they are they are everything to me in the wintertime making sure they don't get hurt is critically important to me don't try and go nice and slow for this
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Using language and time...
hands to spell the word eternity and then plugged all the clocks into a series of power strips on the floor so when the switch on the last power strip is flipped the hands begin to move and the word almost immediately disappears into a jumble of black lines
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How to fool a GPS - Todd...
home which means that I got a little extra help from my three-year-old son Ramon here's Ramon looking for a little attention from dad that week at first the spoof it was just a jumble of cables and computers though we eventually got
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Rajesh Rao: Computing a...
So imagine a monkey sitting at a keyboard. I think you might get a random jumble of letters that looks like this. Such a random jumble of letters is said to have a very high entropy. This is a physics and information theory term.
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
My wife's loveliness almost consumes me. My passion for her goes beyond reasonable bounds. When we make love, her holding me everywhere all around me, I'm there and not there. My mind teems, jumbles of faces, voices, impressions,
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What are animals...
we are the most extreme. We are the most compassionate, most violent, most creative and most destructive animal that has ever been on this planet, and we are all of those things all jumbled up together.
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Andrew Blum: What is the...
and the cable guy came to fix it, and he started with the dusty clump of cables behind the couch, and he followed it to the front of my building and into the basement and out to the back yard, and there was this big jumble of cables against the wall. And then he saw a squirrel running along the wire, and he said, "There's your problem.
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
with a raised knife. Imagine having a nightmare while you're awake. Often, speech and thinking become disorganized to the point of incoherence. Loose associations involves putting together words that may sound a lot alike but don't make sense, and if the words get jumbled up enough, it's called "word salad."
Video examples
A Rosetta Stone for the...
we can analyze now here's one other thing you could do with the computer model so imagine a monkey sitting at a keyboard okay you might get a random jumble of letters that looks like this now such a random jumble of letters is said to have a very high entropy this that physics and information theory term
Video examples
Amanda Gorman: Using...
is by having this mantra most of my life i was particularly terrified of speaking up because i had a speech impediment which made it difficult to pronounce certain letters sounds and i felt like i was fine writing on the page once i got on stage i was worried my words might jumble and stumble what was
Video examples
Sled Dogs PIPE Life Below...
going through rough jumbled ice and I'm really concerned about taking care of my dogs because they're my work force they are they are everything to me in the wintertime making sure they don't get hurt is critically important to me don't try and go nice and slow for this
Video examples
Using language and time...
hands to spell the word eternity and then plugged all the clocks into a series of power strips on the floor so when the switch on the last power strip is flipped the hands begin to move and the word almost immediately disappears into a jumble of black lines
Video examples
How to fool a GPS - Todd...
home which means that I got a little extra help from my three-year-old son Ramon here's Ramon looking for a little attention from dad that week at first the spoof it was just a jumble of cables and computers though we eventually got
Video examples
Rajesh Rao: Computing a...
So imagine a monkey sitting at a keyboard. I think you might get a random jumble of letters that looks like this. Such a random jumble of letters is said to have a very high entropy. This is a physics and information theory term.
Video examples
C.K. Williams: Poetry...
My wife's loveliness almost consumes me. My passion for her goes beyond reasonable bounds. When we make love, her holding me everywhere all around me, I'm there and not there. My mind teems, jumbles of faces, voices, impressions,
Video examples
What are animals...
we are the most extreme. We are the most compassionate, most violent, most creative and most destructive animal that has ever been on this planet, and we are all of those things all jumbled up together.
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Quote examples
Gary Wolf
American Journalist
During a large disaster, like Hurricane Katrina, warnings get hopelessly jumbled. The truth is that, for warnings to work, it's not enough for them to be delivered. They must also overcome that human tendency to pause; they must trigger a series of effective actions, mobilizing the informal networks that we depend on in a crisis.
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G. Willow Wilson
American Writer
The script for what would eventually become my first graphic novel, 'Cairo,' sort of came to me in kind of a bolt of lightning within 24 hours of having moved to that city. Just a jumble of characters and narratives and interesting things that I was seeing and experiencing for the first time.
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Joe Carnahan
American Director
I love the ambiguous kind of endings. I think, oftentimes, that's what life really is - there's no concrete path for you to take. It's always kind of a jumble of variables. Behind this door could be a beautiful woman, and behind the same door could be a tiger, you know? You don't know.
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Amanda Gorman
American Poet
Most of my life I was particularly terrified of speaking up, because I had a speech impediment, which made it difficult to pronounce certain letters, sounds, and I felt like I was fine writing on the page, but once I got on stage, I was worried my words might jumble and stumble.
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David Maraniss
American Journalist
I believe that life is chaotic, a jumble of accidents, ambitions, misconceptions, bold intentions, lazy happenstances, and unintended consequences, yet I also believe that there are connections that illuminate our world, revealing its endless mystery and wonder.
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Eugenie Bouchard
Canadian Athlete
I don't really think dreams have real meaning. Some people believe in that. I just think it's your brain, after a day of crazy random pieces of information jumbled together, creating interesting stories. I just view it as entertainment.
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
The perception of juiciness involves a complex jumble of things, including how quickly juices are squeezed out of meat fibers by our teeth, how much saliva we produce, and the ratio of liquid fat to water-based liquid.
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Christopher Morley
American Author
Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs.
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Farrah Fawcett
American Actress
God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
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Genesis P-Orridge
English Musician
My mind jumbles things, reassembles them, and plays with words without even being asked.
Quote examples
Gary Wolf
American Journalist
During a large disaster, like Hurricane Katrina, warnings get hopelessly jumbled. The truth is that, for warnings to work, it's not enough for them to be delivered. They must also overcome that human tendency to pause; they must trigger a series of effective actions, mobilizing the informal networks that we depend on in a crisis.
Quote examples
G. Willow Wilson
American Writer
The script for what would eventually become my first graphic novel, 'Cairo,' sort of came to me in kind of a bolt of lightning within 24 hours of having moved to that city. Just a jumble of characters and narratives and interesting things that I was seeing and experiencing for the first time.
Quote examples
Joe Carnahan
American Director
I love the ambiguous kind of endings. I think, oftentimes, that's what life really is - there's no concrete path for you to take. It's always kind of a jumble of variables. Behind this door could be a beautiful woman, and behind the same door could be a tiger, you know? You don't know.
Quote examples
Amanda Gorman
American Poet
Most of my life I was particularly terrified of speaking up, because I had a speech impediment, which made it difficult to pronounce certain letters, sounds, and I felt like I was fine writing on the page, but once I got on stage, I was worried my words might jumble and stumble.
Quote examples
David Maraniss
American Journalist
I believe that life is chaotic, a jumble of accidents, ambitions, misconceptions, bold intentions, lazy happenstances, and unintended consequences, yet I also believe that there are connections that illuminate our world, revealing its endless mystery and wonder.
Quote examples
Eugenie Bouchard
Canadian Athlete
I don't really think dreams have real meaning. Some people believe in that. I just think it's your brain, after a day of crazy random pieces of information jumbled together, creating interesting stories. I just view it as entertainment.
Quote examples
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
The perception of juiciness involves a complex jumble of things, including how quickly juices are squeezed out of meat fibers by our teeth, how much saliva we produce, and the ratio of liquid fat to water-based liquid.
Quote examples
Christopher Morley
American Author
Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs.
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Farrah Fawcett
American Actress
God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
Quote examples
Genesis P-Orridge
English Musician
My mind jumbles things, reassembles them, and plays with words without even being asked.
Example 1 of 10
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