Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chumble

/ˈt͡ʃʌmb(ə)l/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chum-ble
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃʌmb(ə)l/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To peck at or nibble.

Example Sentences

"The baby, whimpering when Janey thrust the crust into his mouth, now whimpered no longer but chumbled at the dry bread, slobbered over it, wiped it down Janey's front, dropped it in the grass and at once forgot about it, sitting on her lap […]"
""Can you play the violin?" asked Rosemary loftily, out of a chumbling refined mouth."
"Little dogs (his spaniel’s eyes encountered many) leaped and fawned about her, their sharp neat teeth clogging in the soft candy they chumbled from her gloved hand."

Etymology

Probably of imitative origin.

Inflected Forms

chumbles (present, singular) chumbling (participle, present) chumbled (participle, past) chumbled (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce chumble?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃʌmb(ə)l/.
What does chumble mean?: To peck at or nibble.
Where does chumble come from?: Probably of imitative origin.

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