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Sth Quiet Voice Mumbled Mumble Verb, Nounbre /ˈmʌmbl/Name /ˈmʌmbl/Verb Intransitive, Transitive]To Speak

Front mumble
Back verb, nounBrE /ˈmʌmbl/NAmE /ˈmʌmbl/verb


[intransitive, transitive]to speak or say sth in a quiet voice in a way that is not clear mutter~ (to sb/yourself) I could hear him mumbling to himself.~ sth (to sb/yourself) She mumbled an apology and left.+ speech ‘Sorry,’ she mumbled.~ that… She mumbled that she was sorry.

noun


[usually singular](also mum•bling [countable, usually plural, uncountable])speech or words that are spoken in a quiet voice in a way that is not clear
He spoke in a low mumble, as if to himself.
 They tried to make sense of her mumblings.

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