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mismumbling

mismumbling is the present participle and gerund of mismumble.

Meaning of mismumble

Verb

mismumble (third-person singular simple present mismumbles, present participle mismumbling, simple past and past participle mismumbled)

  1. To mumble the wrong words.
    • He was dictating dialogues between two American boys, and forcing his students to learn to mismumble them; just such expressions as we have all, no doubt, heard American boys use to each other daily.1917, Harry Alverson Franck, Vagabonding Down the Andes, page 446

Questions about mismumbling

What is mismumbling the present participle and gerund of?
Mismumbling is the present participle and gerund of mismumble.

Words near mismumbling in the dictionary

  1. mismoves
  2. mismoving
  3. mismumble
  4. mismumbled
  5. mismumbles
  6. mismumbling
  7. misnagdim
  8. misnaged
  9. misnail
  10. misnailed
  11. misnailing

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