Mumble
verb
To speak in a low voice that is not clear and is hard to understand.
She mumbled something about not feeling well.
Often appears as...
- mumble under breath
- mumble incoherently
noun
A low voice that is not clear and is hard to understand.
I heard his mumble but couldn't make out the words.
Often appears as...
- inaudible mumble
- slight mumble
verb
To speak in a low voice that is not clear and is hard to understand.
She mumbled something about not feeling well.
Often appears as...
- mumble under breath
- mumble incoherently
noun
A low voice that is not clear and is hard to understand.
I heard his mumble but couldn't make out the words.
Often appears as...
- inaudible mumble
- slight mumble
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Context
Use 'mumble' for casual or informal situations, not in formal communication.
Talking to his friends, he mumbled the details of his weekend plans.
Pro Tip 2/3Unclear Speech
'Mumble' suggests the speaker is not enunciating clearly, often on purpose or out of habit.
He always mumbles his name so I never learn it.
Pro Tip 3/3Lack of Confidence
Mumbling can reflect a lack of confidence or discomfort in speaking.
Nervous, she mumbled her presentation to the class.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Context
Use 'mumble' for casual or informal situations, not in formal communication.
Talking to his friends, he mumbled the details of his weekend plans.
Pro Tip 2/3Unclear Speech
'Mumble' suggests the speaker is not enunciating clearly, often on purpose or out of habit.
He always mumbles his name so I never learn it.
Pro Tip 3/3Lack of Confidence
Mumbling can reflect a lack of confidence or discomfort in speaking.
Nervous, she mumbled her presentation to the class.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Context
Use 'mumble' for casual or informal situations, not in formal communication.
Talking to his friends, he mumbled the details of his weekend plans.
Pro Tip 2/3Unclear Speech
'Mumble' suggests the speaker is not enunciating clearly, often on purpose or out of habit.
He always mumbles his name so I never learn it.
Pro Tip 3/3Lack of Confidence
Mumbling can reflect a lack of confidence or discomfort in speaking.
Nervous, she mumbled her presentation to the class.
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Video examples
The urgent need for...
young kid to wheel him up to me at the front of the church and he came down that center aisle and he got in front of me he put his hand up and he said do you know what you're doing and I just stood there and I looked at him and he asked me again he said do you know what you're doing and I step back and I mumbled something didn't you ask me one more
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Sheryl WuDunn: Our...
he wanted to raise money for a secondary school -- and there was some construction a few yards away, and I said, "What's that?" He sort of mumbled. Turns out that it's a failed irrigation project. A few yards away was a failed chicken coop. One year, all the chickens died, and no one wanted to put the chickens in there.
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Kenya’s Wildlife...
was crazy there was often the cameras were abandoned and the crew had gone and left me standing there they were so scared of the snakes were filming um well i mean to be fair kenya's got some of the most poisonous snakes in the world right i mean yeah like black mambas and green mumbles that was the point that's
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
are sort of that said i think i think mumble edward so we've got check there runs chatting on the radio sounds like it's a quiet drive for everybody it got as a you've just joined on now because a little while ago they had an entire conversation about this it often
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How to make a sad story...
As an estranged parent and child meet at a fraught family reunion, a little girl mumbles, “How do you do?” from behind a dirty curtain. After the death of his best friend, a lonely king travels to the end of the world in search for answers and walks into a bar.
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Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
and there were little ones and it would have been so interesting to watch but I saw some some friends of mine mumbling about and they said that they've actually seen more elephants crossing the river than wildebeest so perhaps we will get an opportunity
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Amanda Gorman: Using...
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 the point in trying not to mumble these thoughts in my head if everything's already been said
Video examples
Bull Elephant Wakes...
the phone and just trying to keep them out of the way every other night there's been a bull elephant eating outside and all around my den coming and scraping on the pots off the roof and partying and mumbling just being an elephant this big
Video examples
The surprisingly...
that when we cut out a piece, it's independent enough that when we poke it, it mumbles back at us, friendly. But at least those reasons are also the reasons why it's so fascinating and important. It took me three steps to love the gut.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 158 PIPE...
even standing up well of course as I said that you went down it was a real good look at us like a surrogate very cute mumbles were just throw out there
Video examples
The urgent need for...
young kid to wheel him up to me at the front of the church and he came down that center aisle and he got in front of me he put his hand up and he said do you know what you're doing and I just stood there and I looked at him and he asked me again he said do you know what you're doing and I step back and I mumbled something didn't you ask me one more
Video examples
Sheryl WuDunn: Our...
he wanted to raise money for a secondary school -- and there was some construction a few yards away, and I said, "What's that?" He sort of mumbled. Turns out that it's a failed irrigation project. A few yards away was a failed chicken coop. One year, all the chickens died, and no one wanted to put the chickens in there.
Video examples
Kenya’s Wildlife...
was crazy there was often the cameras were abandoned and the crew had gone and left me standing there they were so scared of the snakes were filming um well i mean to be fair kenya's got some of the most poisonous snakes in the world right i mean yeah like black mambas and green mumbles that was the point that's
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
are sort of that said i think i think mumble edward so we've got check there runs chatting on the radio sounds like it's a quiet drive for everybody it got as a you've just joined on now because a little while ago they had an entire conversation about this it often
Video examples
How to make a sad story...
As an estranged parent and child meet at a fraught family reunion, a little girl mumbles, “How do you do?” from behind a dirty curtain. After the death of his best friend, a lonely king travels to the end of the world in search for answers and walks into a bar.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
and there were little ones and it would have been so interesting to watch but I saw some some friends of mine mumbling about and they said that they've actually seen more elephants crossing the river than wildebeest so perhaps we will get an opportunity
Video examples
Amanda Gorman: Using...
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 the point in trying not to mumble these thoughts in my head if everything's already been said
Video examples
Bull Elephant Wakes...
the phone and just trying to keep them out of the way every other night there's been a bull elephant eating outside and all around my den coming and scraping on the pots off the roof and partying and mumbling just being an elephant this big
Video examples
The surprisingly...
that when we cut out a piece, it's independent enough that when we poke it, it mumbles back at us, friendly. But at least those reasons are also the reasons why it's so fascinating and important. It took me three steps to love the gut.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 158 PIPE...
even standing up well of course as I said that you went down it was a real good look at us like a surrogate very cute mumbles were just throw out there
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Quote examples
Lil Uzi Vert
American Rapper
A whole bunch of 'ayes' and a whole bunch of 'yeahs.' That's it. That's all I do. I say yeah. I tell myself that I'm not gon' go over 80. I say, like, 79 yeahs, and it works. We what you call mumble rappers. So you say 'yeah' after everything and make it rhyme no matter what it is.
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Channing Tatum
American Actor
But I stuttered as a kid. I went to classes to help it, and it just went away around fourth grade, when I became more aware of how others spoke, I think. But also, growing up in the South, a mumble is a way of speaking.
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Donald Pleasence
English Actor
The play is on top of me all the time, and I am constantly thinking about it. Even when I leave the theatre, I'll mumble the lines to myself or think about the way the character walks or holds himself.
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Rebecca Serle
American Writer
I don't have to mumble something under my breath when someone asks me what I do anymore. I can just say, definitively, 'I'm an author.' And the best part? That's not a myth. That's just the truth.
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Monica Johnson
American Writer
Do you ever think about the fact that Jesus never said a mumbling word? You may have heard that phrase before, but how much have you ever thought about it?
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
Though I do manage to mumble around in about seven or eight languages, English remains the most beautiful of languages. It will do anything.
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James H. Boren
American Public Servant
When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.
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Benicio Del Toro
American Actor
I'm not Jack Nicholson. I'm not Brando. But I do mumble.
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Smokepurpp
American Musician
If we want to mumble rap, we can mumble rap.
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Joyner Lucas
American Poet
I'm not a mumble rapper.
Quote examples
Lil Uzi Vert
American Rapper
A whole bunch of 'ayes' and a whole bunch of 'yeahs.' That's it. That's all I do. I say yeah. I tell myself that I'm not gon' go over 80. I say, like, 79 yeahs, and it works. We what you call mumble rappers. So you say 'yeah' after everything and make it rhyme no matter what it is.
Quote examples
Channing Tatum
American Actor
But I stuttered as a kid. I went to classes to help it, and it just went away around fourth grade, when I became more aware of how others spoke, I think. But also, growing up in the South, a mumble is a way of speaking.
Quote examples
Donald Pleasence
English Actor
The play is on top of me all the time, and I am constantly thinking about it. Even when I leave the theatre, I'll mumble the lines to myself or think about the way the character walks or holds himself.
Quote examples
Rebecca Serle
American Writer
I don't have to mumble something under my breath when someone asks me what I do anymore. I can just say, definitively, 'I'm an author.' And the best part? That's not a myth. That's just the truth.
Quote examples
Monica Johnson
American Writer
Do you ever think about the fact that Jesus never said a mumbling word? You may have heard that phrase before, but how much have you ever thought about it?
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
Though I do manage to mumble around in about seven or eight languages, English remains the most beautiful of languages. It will do anything.
Quote examples
James H. Boren
American Public Servant
When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.
Quote examples
Benicio Del Toro
American Actor
I'm not Jack Nicholson. I'm not Brando. But I do mumble.
Quote examples
Smokepurpp
American Musician
If we want to mumble rap, we can mumble rap.
Quote examples
Joyner Lucas
American Poet
I'm not a mumble rapper.
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