Jumbling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
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 […]"

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of jumble form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

clutter patchwork scramble admix aesopian language all sorts

Example

"Sami's thoughts started jumbling."

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