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One of the things that I'm realizing is that in voice-over work, you have to actually do more work with your facial muscles and your mouth. You have to kind of exaggerate your pronunciation a little bit more, whereas with live action, you can get away with mumbling sometimes.
Mark Valley

Meaning of "mumbling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MUMBLING

mumbling  [ˈmʌmblɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUMBLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mumbling is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MUMBLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mumbling in the English dictionary

The definition of mumbling in the dictionary is muttering; speaking indistinctly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUMBLING


antigambling
ˌæntɪˈɡæmblɪŋ
babbling
ˈbæblɪŋ
bling
blɪŋ
bling-bling
ˈblɪŋˌblɪŋ
brambling
ˈbræmblɪŋ
bumbling
ˈbʌmblɪŋ
cabling
ˈkeɪblɪŋ
doubling
ˈdʌblɪŋ
dribbling
ˈdrɪblɪŋ
gambling
ˈɡæmblɪŋ
humbling
ˈhʌmblɪŋ
quibbling
ˈkwɪblɪŋ
rambling
ˈræmblɪŋ
rumbling
ˈrʌmblɪŋ
scrambling
ˈskræmblɪŋ
shambling
ˈʃæmblɪŋ
sibling
ˈsɪblɪŋ
trembling
ˈtrɛmblɪŋ
troubling
ˈtrʌblɪŋ
untrembling
ʌnˈtremblɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUMBLING

mum
mum-and-dad investor
mum´s the word
Mumbai
mumble
mumblement
mumbler
mumbletypeg
mumblingly
mumbly
mumbo jumbo
mumchance
Mumford
mumm
mummed
mummer
mummeries
Mummerset
mummery
mummia

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUMBLING

bling bling
burbling
calling
dabbling
disabling
dissembling
enabling
ennobling
grumbling
lambling
marbling
pebbling
saibling
scribbling
snobling
squabbling
stabling
stumbling
thumbling
trebling
warbling

Synonyms and antonyms of mumbling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MUMBLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mumbling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mumbling

Translation of «mumbling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUMBLING

Find out the translation of mumbling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mumbling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mumbling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

喃喃自语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

murmurando
570 millions of speakers

English

mumbling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अस्पष्ट बोली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغمغمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бормоча
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

resmungando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আধ-আধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marmonner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merungut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gemurmel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モグモグ言う話し方
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

궁시렁
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mumbling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nói lầm bầm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முணுமுணுக்கின்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोंधळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mırıldama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

borbottare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mamrocze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бурмочучи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

murmur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μουρμουρίζοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gemompel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mumlande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mumler
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mumbling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUMBLING»

The term «mumbling» is regularly used and occupies the 62.659 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mumbling

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3 QUOTES WITH «MUMBLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mumbling.
1
Derek Bailey
I'm not much into current electronic stuff, what I think of as lounge electronics, mumbling electronics.
2
Bill Murray
I don't want to be that guy mumbling into his drink at a bar.
3
Mark Valley
One of the things that I'm realizing is that in voice-over work, you have to actually do more work with your facial muscles and your mouth. You have to kind of exaggerate your pronunciation a little bit more, whereas with live action, you can get away with mumbling sometimes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUMBLING»

Discover the use of mumbling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mumbling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Stumbling and Mumbling: Poetry and Prose
The author has taken this book off the market and has produced a new book of poetry and prose, titled "Bitter Teachings."
Tamara Amanda Bryant, 2009
2
Mumbling: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations MumblingWhen in charge ponder. When in trouble delegate. When in doubt mumble.ndash;AnonymousWhat if men take to following where He leads, weary of mumbling Athanasian creeds?ndash;Roden NoelI'm not Jack Nicholson.
‎2008
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Motley Mumbling: Romance Poetry and Prose
Motley. Mumbling. Romance Poetry and Prose Copyright © 2013 by Thomas J. Hally. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, ...
Thomas J. Hally, 2013
4
Vegetarian Times
More. Mumbling. I was extremely pleased to read "Mumbling About Meat" (Oct. VT). It cogently answered a question about which I have long wondered: In view of the overwhelming evidence that links meat-based diets to ecological problems,  ...
5
The Three-Minute Outdoorsman: Wild Science from Magnetic ...
Other times, however, contemplating the great outdoors that contains so many unknowns, we may wish to learn about moaning moose . . . or mumbling carp . . . or magnetic deer. And this is where Robert M. Zink enters the scene.
Robert M. Zink, 2014
6
The Inarticulate Renaissance: Language Trouble in an Age of ...
As we begin to examine the seriocomic logic of mumbling, we might note that the production of "laughinge" was no small side effect within such serious debates, not least because mumbling had an onomatopoetic (undistinguished ...
Carla Mazzio, 2009
7
Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary
Continuous mumbling without apparent signs of excitation may be an outstanding manifestation of the terminal state in schizophrenia and is also frequent in Alzheimer disease and other dementias. The mumbling consists of inarticulate, ...
Robert Jean Campbell, 2009
8
George Oppen: A Critical Study
And even if it could be, it would become lost in the “ferocious mumbling ... [o]f rootless speech.” Unlike poem fourteen, the individual here bears a significance which threatens to become inundated by, and lost in, the collective. This collective is ...
Lyn Graham Barzilai, 2006
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Choosing a Quality Control System
Another thought on mumbling: this language of mumbling is an important part of the legal language, and because many politicians are also lawyers, they, too, have taken to mumbling in their regulations that may apply to your industry. Perhaps ...
Merton R. Hubbard, 1998
10
Books Versus Cigarettes
They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
George Orwell, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUMBLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mumbling is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: Irrational Man and the incredible shrinking worldview of …
... with a well-used flask of single malt in his pocket and a bad case of writer's block to go with his bad case of the mumbling ennuis. "Much of ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
2
GOLF: How they played the Inland 18, holes 7-9
It's a fair test of both high and low handicappers, but if your putting is suspect, you will come away mumbling curse words under your breath. «Press-Enterprise, Jul 15»
3
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! Review
... her words and marginalized for most of the movie, but now Hasselhoff's arrived to help accentuate the mush-mouthed mumbling of it all. «IGN, Jul 15»
4
Deputies arrest naked, bleeding man in Batesville
Deputies found that man, later identified as 19-year-old Lucas Kennedy, sitting on the ground naked, mumbling to himself and bleeding. «WMC Action News 5, Jul 15»
5
You're White and Marched With Dr. King: So What?
Bernie Sanders marched with Dr. King in the 1960s, but in 2015, he marched off stage after mumbling something about fighting for civil rights ... «RH Reality Check, Jul 15»
6
Teenage girl who had 'stomach ache' dies after accidentally …
Her mother Joanne Littlewood told the hearing in Huddersfield that: "On the day she was taken into hospital she was mumbling and didn't know ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
The chronicles of Poodle continue
Mumbling to himself about the unreasonable demands made by an ungrateful wife, he stumbled out into the yard, barefooted and wearing only ... «Farmersville Times, Jul 15»
8
If MTV's 'White People' Makes You Uncomfortable, That's Exactly the …
These are all uncomfortable moments, whether you're identifying with the characters' racial journey or mumbling out loud about the absurdity of ... «Mic, Jul 15»
9
Riverview man hospitalized after house fire; two family pets perish in …
“”They were yelling his name and they thought they heard him mumbling, but then he went silent.” According to Curry, Jabro had already pulled ... «Southgate News Herald, Jul 15»
10
Review: 'Southpaw'
Gyllenhaal goes deep with his performance, with a touch of Brando-esque mumbling in his line deliveries, and some bursts of rage that would ... «Albany Democrat Herald, Jul 15»

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