Mismumble

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To mumble the wrong words.

    "He was dictating dialogues between two American boys, and forcing his students to learn to mismumble them; just such expressions as we have all, no doubt, heard American boys use to each other daily."

Example

More examples

"He was dictating dialogues between two American boys, and forcing his students to learn to mismumble them; just such expressions as we have all, no doubt, heard American boys use to each other daily."

Etymology

From mis- + mumble.

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