Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mumbling

/mˈʌmbəlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: mum-bling
IPA: /mˈʌmbəlɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of mumble

noun

An act in which someone mumbles something

Example Sentences

"The second is the contrast with the inarticulate stumblings, mumblings, evasions and half-truths of our current president."

Inflected Forms

mumblings (plural)

Synonyms

gumming

Rhymes With

stumbling crumbling tumbling humbling rumbling grumbling fumbling bumbling

Questions

How do you pronounce mumbling?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈʌmbəlɪŋ/.
What does mumbling mean?: present participle and gerund of mumble

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