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jumbled

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jum·ble  (jmbl)
v. jum·bled, jum·bling, jum·bles
v.tr.
1. To mix in a confused way; throw together carelessly: jumble socks in a heap.
2. To muddle; confuse: The rapid-fire questioning jumbled the witness's thoughts.
v.intr.
To be mixed in a confused way: dividers to keep the files from jumbling.
n.
1. A confused or disordered mass: a jumble of paper scraps.
2. A disordered state; a muddle: receipts in a jumble.
[Origin unknown.]
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Adj.1.jumbledjumbled - in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"
higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, topsy-turvy, disorderly
untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
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It was not a clear vision, however, and there were two phases of it, somewhat jumbled at the time.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
Geppetto, who had understood nothing of all that jumbled talk, except that the Marionette was hungry, felt sorry for him, and pulling three pears out of his pocket, offered them to him, saying:
The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context
George and the Dragon; which dragon I maintain to have been a whale; for in many old chronicles whales and dragons are strangely jumbled together, and often stand for each other.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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