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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
aspiration, bated breath, breath, breathy voice, drone, droning, exhalation, gabble, gibber, gibbering, jabber, jibber, little voice, low voice, maundering, mouthing, mumble, murmur, murmuration, murmuring, murmurish, murmurous, mutter, muttering, rustling, sigh, soft voice, stage whisper, still small voice, susurrant, susurration, susurrous, susurrus, underbreath, undertone, whisper, whispering, whispery
Dictionary Results for mumbling:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
mumbling
    n 1: indistinct enunciation
    2: ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth) [syn: mumbling,
       gumming]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
      sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a
      grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or
      displeasure; to mutter.
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            Peace, you mumbling fool.             --Shak.
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            A wrinkled hag, with age grown double,
            Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself.
                                                  --Otway.
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   2. To chew something gently with closed lips.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mumbling \Mum"bling\, a.
   Low; indistinct; inarticulate. -- Mum"bling*ly, adv.
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