jumbling
present participle of jumble
jumbling (plural jumblings)
The act by which something is jumbled or confused.
Nor is your Skill, or Labour less, / When bent upon some smart Lampoon, / You toss and turn your Brain till Noon; / Which, in its Jumblings round the Skull, / Dilates, and makes the Vessel full […]
Source: Wiktionary
Jum"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jumbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Jumbling.] Etym: [Prob. fr. jump, i. e., to make to jump, or shake.]
Definition: To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up. Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together Burton. Every clime and age Jumbled together. Tennyson.
Jum"ble, v. i.
Definition: To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly. Swift.
Jum"ble, n.
1. A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a jumble of words.
2. A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
