mumble

Plural: mumbles

Noun

a soft indistinct utterance
A quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice.

Verb

Verb Forms: mumbled, mumbling, mumbles

To speak softly and unclearly.
talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
- "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"
To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
To chew something gently with closed lips.

Examples

All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.
He spoke in a barely comprehensible mumble.
His opponent would often MUMBLE excuses after playing a low-scoring word.
Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English momelen, a frequentative of mum (sense 3) (“silent”). Compare German mümmeln, Middle Dutch mommelen and Dutch mompelen. Perhaps related to Norwegian Nynorsk mumpa (“to gum, to chew without teeth”).

Synonyms

gum, maunder, mussitate, mutter

Scrabble Score: 12

mumble: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mumble: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mumble: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

mumble: valid Words With Friends Word