jumble

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jum|ble /dʒ'ʌmbəl/ (jumbles jumbling jumbled)
1 [N-COUNT] usu sing, usu N of n
A jumble of things is a lot of different things that are all mixed together in a disorganized or confused way.
The shoreline was made up of a jumble of huge boulders.
2 [VERB] V n with together, V, also V n, V n prep
If you jumble things or if things jumble, they become mixed together so that they are untidy or are not in the correct order.
He's making a new film by jumbling together bits of his other movies...
His thoughts jumbled and raced like children fighting.
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P prep/adv, V n P, V P, V-ed P, also V P n (not pron)
To jumble up means the same as to jumble.
They had jumbled it all up into a heap...
The bank scrambles all that money together, jumbles it all up and lends it out to hundreds and thousands of borrowers...
The watch parts fell apart and jumbled up...
There were six wires jumbled up, tied together, all painted black.
3 [N-UNCOUNT]
Jumble is old or unwanted things that people give away to charity. (BRIT; in AM, use rummage)
She expects me to drive round collecting jumble for the church.jum|ble sale (jumble sales)
[N-COUNT]
A jumble sale is a sale of cheap second-hand goods, usually held to raise money for charity. (BRIT; in AM, use rummage sale)

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