B2verb · transitive · rare

mumble

mumble · mumbles · mumbled · mumbling

мимрити

бормотать, мямлить, пробормотать, промямлить

murmeln, nuscheln, mümmeln

To speak unintelligibly or inaudiblyTo speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.

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/ˈmʌmbəl/

» I heard him mumble to himself.

Meaning

2 senses

(intransitive, transitive)To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.
murmeln, nuscheln
бормота́тьbormotátʹ, пробормота́тьprobormotátʹ, мя́млитьmjámlitʹ
ми́мритиmýmryty
To chew something gently with closed lips.
mümmeln

More definitions

talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty

Examples

97 sentences

I heard him mumble to himself.
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Tom mumbled something under his breath.
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Tom was mumbling something to himself.
ruТом что-то бормотал себе под нос.
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What are you mumbling about now?
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Tom is mumbling something.
ruТом что-то бормочет.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to speak unintelligibly:

Русский

By meaning 1

to speak unintelligibly:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to speak unintelligibly:

to chew something gently with closed lips:

Origin

From Middle English momelen, a frequentative of mum (sense 3) (“silent”). Compare German m

From Middle English momelen, a frequentative of mum (sense 3) (“silent”). Compare German mümmeln, Middle Dutch mommelen and Dutch mompelen. Perhaps related to Norwegian Nynorsk mumpa (“to gum, to chew without teeth”).

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