mumble
A quiet or unintelligible vocalizationA quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice.
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» I heard him mumble to himself.
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1 sensesA quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice.
All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.
He spoke in a barely comprehensible mumble.
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бормота́ниеbormotánije
- a soft indistinct utterance
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Origin
From Middle English momelen, a frequentative of mum (sense 3) (“silent”). Compare German mFrom 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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