{
    "term": "mumble",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "mumble",
            "heSheIt": "mumbles"
        },
        "pastSimple": "mumbled",
        "pastParticiple": "mumbled",
        "ingForm": "mumbling"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to speak or say something in a quiet voice in a way that is not clear",
            "sensetop": "mumble (to somebody/yourself)mumble something (to somebody/yourself)+ speechmumble that…mumble about something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I could hear him mumbling to himself.",
                    "contextForm": "mumble (to somebody/yourself)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She mumbled an apology and left.",
                    "contextForm": "mumble something (to somebody/yourself)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Sorry,’ she mumbled.",
                    "contextForm": "+ speech"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She mumbled that she was sorry.",
                    "contextForm": "mumble that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't understand what he was mumbling about.",
                    "contextForm": "mumble about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "George mumbled incoherently to himself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She mumbled something into her pillow."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["incoherently", "quietly", "softly"],
                "preposition": ["about", "into", "to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmbl/",
                "audio": "mu/mumble/mumble__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmblz/",
                "audio": "mu/mumble/mumbles__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmbld/",
                "audio": "mu/mumble/mumbled__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmblɪŋ/",
                "audio": "mu/mumble/mumbling__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmbl/",
                "audio": "mu/mumble/mumble__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmblz/",
                "audio": "mu/mumble/mumbles__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmbld/",
                "audio": "mu/mumble/mumbled__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmblɪŋ/",
                "audio": "mu/mumble/mumbling__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: frequentative of mum (adjective)."
}