Definition of "jumble" []

• To mix in a confused way; throw together carelessly: jumble socks in a heap. (verb-transitive)
• To muddle; confuse: The rapid-fire questioning jumbled the witness's thoughts. (verb-transitive)
• To be mixed in a confused way: dividers to keep the files from jumbling. (verb-intransitive)
• A confused or disordered mass: a jumble of paper scraps. (noun)
• A disordered state; a muddle: receipts in a jumble. (noun)

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• "I read things into the words, decoded them like a word jumble in the Sunday funnies."
• "I climbed over them to sit and type on the bed, in jumble sale exile."
• "On the surface it might appear to be any other word-jumble from the subset of Japanese gaming that only two small handfuls of obsessive sub-culture fans in the West can appreciate, but again, let me assure you this is different."