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Noun: mumbling  múm-bu-ling
  1. Indistinct enunciation
     
  2. Ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
    - gumming
Verb: mumble  múm-bul
  1. Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
    - mutter, maunder, mussitate
     
  2. Grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
    "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food";
    - gum

Derived forms: mumblings

Type of: chew, chewing, diction, enunciation, jaw [informal], manducate, manduction, masticate, mastication, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Encyclopedia: Mumble