English-Thai Dictionary

mumble

N คำพูด อู้อี้  การ พูด พึมพำ  การ พูด ไม่ชัด  mutter murmur kam-phud-au-ae

 

mumble

VI พูด พึมพำ  พูด อู้อี้  พูด ไม่ชัด  mutter murmur articulate phud-puam-pam

 

mumbler

N ผู้พูด พึมพำ  ผู้พูด ไม่ชัด  phu-phud-puam-pam

 

mumbletypeg

N เกม ปา มีด ให้ ปัก ลง ใน ลักษณะ ต่างๆ  mumble-the-peg

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MUMBLE

v.i. 1. To mutter; to speak with the lips or other organs partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words with a grumbling tone.
Peace, you mumbling fool.

 

MUMBLE

v.t.To utter with a low inarticulate voice. He with mumbled prayers atones the deity.
1. To mouth gently, or to eat with a muttering sound.
2. To suppress or utter imperfectly.

 

MUMBLED

pp. Uttered with a low inarticulate voice; chewed softly or with a low muttering sound.

 

MUMBLER

n.One that speaks with a low inarticulate voice.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MUMBLE

Mum "ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mumbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mumbling. ]Etym: [OE. momelen; cf. D. mompelen, mommelen, G. mummelen, Sw. mumla, Dan. mumle. Cf. Mum, a., Mumm, Mump, v.]

 

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.

 

MUMBLE

MUMBLE Mum "ble, v. t.

 

1. To utter with a low, inarticulate voice. Bp. Hall.

 

2. To chew or bite gently, as one without teeth. Gums unarmed, to mumble meat in vain. Dryden.

 

3. To suppress, or utter imperfectly.

 

MUMBLENEWS

MUMBLENEWS Mum "ble *news `, n.

 

Defn: A talebearer. [Obs. ]

 

MUMBLER

MUMBLER Mum "bler, n.

 

Defn: One who mumbles.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mumble

mum ble |ˈməmbəl ˈməmbəl | ▶verb 1 [ reporting verb ] say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear: [ with obj. ] : he mumbled something she didn't catch | [ with direct speech ] : “Sorry, ” she mumbled. 2 [ with obj. ] bite or chew with toothless gums or eat without making much use of the teeth. ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] a quiet and indistinct utterance: Rosie had replied in a mumble. DERIVATIVES mum bler |ˈməmb (ə )lər |noun, mum bling ly |ˈməmb (ə )liNGlē |adverb ORIGIN Middle English: frequentative of mum 1 .

 

mumblety-peg

mum ble ty-peg |ˈməmbəltē ˌpeg ˈməmbəlti pɛɡ |(also mumbletypeg ) ▶noun a game in which each player in turn throws a knife or pointed stick from a series of positions, continuing until it fails to stick in the ground. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: also in the form mumble the peg, from mumble in the late 16th -cent. sense ‘bite as if with toothless gums, ’ from the requirement of the game that an unsuccessful player withdraw a peg from the ground using the mouth.

 

Oxford Dictionary

mumble

mum ¦ble |ˈmʌmb (ə )l | ▶verb 1 [ reporting verb ] say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear: [ with obj. ] : he mumbled something she didn't catch | [ with direct speech ] : ‘Sorry, ’ she mumbled. 2 [ with obj. ] bite or chew (something ) with toothless gums or without making much use of the teeth. ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] a quiet and indistinct utterance: Rosie had replied in a mumble. DERIVATIVES mumbler noun, mumbling adjective, mumblingly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: frequentative of mum 1 .

 

mumblety-peg

mumblety-peg |ˈmʌmb (ə )lti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly US a game in which each player in turn throws a knife or pointed stick from a series of positions, continuing until it fails to stick in the ground. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: also in the form mumble the peg, from mumble ( sense 2 of the verb ), from the requirement of the game that an unsuccessful player withdraw a peg from the ground using the mouth.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mumble

mumble verb he mumbles on purpose just to annoy me: mutter, murmur, speak indistinctly, talk under one's breath.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mumble

mumble verb the old man shuffled away, mumbling to himself: mutter, murmur, speak indistinctly, talk under one's breath, speak sotto voce, talk to oneself; rare maffle.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mumble

mum ble /mʌ́mb (ə )l /動詞 他動詞 1 …を (口の中で )もぐもぐ言う ; 〖～ that節 /｟書 ｠直接話法 〗…とぶつぶつ言う (→say 他動詞 1a 語法 , murmur ).2 …を (歯がないかのように )もぐもぐかむ .自動詞 つぶやく ▸ mumble to oneself もぐもぐと独り言を言う 名詞 C 低い不明瞭な言葉 [声 ].m ú m bler 名詞