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# jumble

«jumble» in Mova's school dictionary: **An untidy mix of things in no order** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a jumble, jumbles); verb (jumble, jumbles, jumbled, jumbling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An untidy mix of things in no order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#m1)

2) (verb) To mix things up so they are out of order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#m2)

3) (UK) Old things given to be sold cheaply, as at a jumble sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#m3)

4) A word puzzle where the letters are mixed up (a word jumble). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: a jumble of toys, shoes and socks under the bed. At school: a word jumble or sentence jumble to put back in order. In the UK, a jumble sale raises money for a school or church. Phrases: jumble sale, jumbled up, a jumble of.

### examples

- My drawer is a jumble of pencils and string. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x1)
- Someone jumbled up the puzzle pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x2)
- Unjumble these letters: T-A-C. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x3)
- We sold old toys at the school jumble sale (UK). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x4)
- The story got jumbled when he told it fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x5)
- Put the jumbled sentences in the right order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x6)
- There was a jumble of shoes by the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/#x7)

### note

Noun is countable (a jumble of things). Verb: jumbled, jumbling. "Jumble sale" is British; in the USA and Canada people say "rummage sale" or "yard sale". A word jumble is a kind of anagram.

### In the corpora

- [The two friends tease him by saying his Mother's advice back to him all jumbled up, until his head spins.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jumble» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumble/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.