jerrycummumble
jerrycummumble verb: to shake, tousle, or tumble about; to jumble, shake, toss, or get into a muddle.
Verb
jerrycummumble (third-person singular simple present jerrycummumbles, present participle jerrycummumbling, simple past and past participle jerrycummumbled)
- To shake, tousle, or tumble about; to jumble, shake, toss, or get into a muddle.
- When Colonel Ochiltree saw that, Damn my bones V says he, 'get the chariot!' and he put fox and hounds and overseer all in it, Jerrycummumble, and brought 'em home.1902, Rives, Hallie Erminie, Hearts courageous
- […] we were in a big stretch of purely Mongol land, and most of the broken soldiery were keeping farther to the south, making for the Kan-su border. Our neighbors were a hu-la-mao’rh — an expression meaning, more or less, jerrycummumble. The hu-la-mao'rh аге a recognized class among the Kuei-hua...1929, Lattimore, Owen, “Chapter 5, Lands of Unrest”, in The desert road to turkestan
- Synonyms:
- jerrymumble
Examples of jerrycummumble in a sentence
- Our neighbors were a hu-la-mao’rh — an expression meaning, more or less, jerrycummumble.1929, Lattimore, Owen, “Chapter 5, Lands of Unrest”, in The desert road to turkestan:
- Forget your book of laws and knock the old wooly-pate down with a magical jerrycummumble.1966, Tripp, Ben, The accidental highwayman : being the tale of Kit Bristol, his horse Midnight, a mysterious princess, and sundry magical...
- […] not to jerrycummumble him about further.1985, Freemen, Joy, The last frost fair:
Synonyms of jerrycummumble
Forms of jerrycummumble
| third-person singular present | jerrycummumbles |
|---|---|
| present participle | jerrycummumbling |
| past participle | jerrycummumbled |
| past | jerrycummumbled |
| alternative form | jerrymumble |
Origin of jerrycummumble
* jerry from jerry or Jerry. Similar to jerry-built or "jerry-sneak". Possibly taken from Jerry, a nickname for Germans. * jerrycummumble and its alternative jerrymumble possibly made to rhyme with fumble, rumble, or tumble. * Potentially related to "jerry-cum-fumble". * Its earliest documented usage is 1709, but Green's Dictionary exemplifies frequent usage of the term between 1785 and 1834.
Questions about jerrycummumble
- What does jerrycummumble mean?
- Jerrycummumble means to shake, tousle, or tumble about; to jumble, shake, toss, or get into a muddle.
- How do you use jerrycummumble in a sentence?
- Our neighbors were a hu-la-mao’rh — an expression meaning, more or less, jerrycummumble.
- What part of speech is jerrycummumble?
- Jerrycummumble is a verb.
- What is the past tense of jerrycummumble?
- The past tense of jerrycummumble is jerrycummumbled.
Words near jerrycummumble in the dictionary
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