to speak in a mumble

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• mumble — [v] say low and inarticulately grumble, maunder, murmur, mutter, ramble, rumble, say to oneself, speak, stammer, stutter, swallow, talk, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whimper, whine, whisper; concepts 47,77 Ant. speak clearly …   New thesaurus

• speak — [v1] talk allege, articulate, assert, aver, blab*, break silence, chat, chew*, communicate, converse, convey, declare, deliver, descant, discourse, drawl, enunciate, expatiate, express, gab*, gas*, go*, jaw*, lip*, make known, make public,… …   New thesaurus

• Mumble — Mum ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mumbling}.] [OE. momelen; cf. D. mompelen, mommelen, G. mummelen, Sw. mumla, Dan. mumle. Cf. {Mum}, a., {Mumm}, {Mump}, v.] 1. To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mumble — [mum′bəl] vt., vi. mumbled, mumbling [ME momelen, like Ger mummeln, Du mommelen, of echoic orig.] 1. to speak or say indistinctly and in a low voice, as with the mouth partly closed; mutter 2. Rare to chew gently and ineffectively, as with… …   English World dictionary

• mumble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. mutter, murmur, mouth. See stammering. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mutter, murmur, utter, whine, whimper, rumble, grumble, maunder, ramble on, whisper, speak indistinctly, speak inarticulately, swallow …   English dictionary for students

• mumble — {{11}}mumble (n.) 1902, from MUMBLE (Cf. mumble) (v.). {{12}}mumble (v.) early 14c., momelen, to eat in a slow, ineffective manner (perhaps to talk with one s mouth full ), probably frequentative of interjection mum. The b is excrescent. Meaning… …   Etymology dictionary

• mumble — 1. verb To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate. Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better. 2. noun a) A quiet or …   Wiktionary

• mumble — [[t]mʌ̱mb(ə)l[/t]] mumbles, mumbling, mumbled VERB If you mumble, you speak very quietly and not at all clearly with the result that the words are difficult to understand. Her grandmother mumbled in her sleep... [V n] He mumbled a few words... [V …   English dictionary

• speak — Synonyms and related words: accost, acquaint, act for, address, admonish, advert to, advertise, advertise of, advise, affect, affirm, allege, allude to, announce, annunciate, apostrophize, appeal to, apprise, approach, argue, articulate, as it… …   Moby Thesaurus

• speak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. talk, converse; lecture, discourse, orate; say, utter, pronounce; express, communicate. See speech. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To utter] Syn. vocalize, pronounce, express; see utter . 2. [To communicate]… …   English dictionary for students

• mumble — mumbler, n. mumblingly, adv. /mum beuhl/, v., mumbled, mumbling, n. v.i. 1. to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter. 2. to chew ineffectively, as from loss of teeth: to mumble on a crust. v.t. 3. to say or… …   Universalium