Mumbling and Rambling

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Mumbling noun - Indistinct enunciation.

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Rambling and mumbling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rambling" instead an adjective "Mumbling".

Nearby Words: mumble, mumbled

Rambling adjective - Passing from one topic to another.

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Mumbling and rambling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mumbling" instead an adjective "Rambling".

Nearby Words: ramble, rambled, rambler

For example, an early episode where Michael suddenly realises that Kitty is in the conjugal trailer based on no observation other than the fact that George Sr's rambling excuse included him mumbling the word "repulsive" - the same word GOB had used sotto voce to described Kitty earlier in the day.

Source: Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic
Home Movies had a street musician, basically a bum tunelessly strumming his guitar and mumbling a rambling improv.

Source: Street Musician

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