Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mouthful of marbles

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: mouth-ful of -mar-bles
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An indistinct, muffled or garbled manner of speaking.

Example Sentences

"Anticholinergic toxicity results in a characteristic mumbling, as if the patient is trying to quickly recite a haiku with a mouthful of marbles."

Inflected Forms

mouthfuls of marbles (plural)

Questions

What does mouthful of marbles mean?: An indistinct, muffled or garbled manner of speaking.

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