jumble

jumble together

1. To combine people or things at random. A noun or pronoun can be used between "jumble" and "together." You can't just jumble everyone in the family together at Thanksgiving dinner—a lot of them don't get along. I hadn't been expecting company, so I jumbled together some snacks for the kids and hoped for the best.
2. To construct something shoddily. Yikes, this old car sounds like it was just jumbled together by the mechanic.
See also: jumble, together

jumble up

To disorganize, mix together, or confuse someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "jumble" and "up." I think you must have jumbled up the message because he and I agreed to meet on Thursday, not Friday. Be sure to jumble the entries up before you pull one out of the box.
See also: jumble, up

jumble-gut lane

obsolete A bumpy, uneven road. We cannot bring the wagon down that jumble-gut lane—we're liable to break an axle!
See also: lane
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

jumble someone or something together

to mix people or things together randomly into a hodgepodge. They just jumbled everything together and made a real mess. The army just jumbled everybody together, no matter what their skills and talents were.
See also: jumble, together

jumble something together

to assemble something clumsily and hastily. They just jumbled some holiday decorations together. It really wasn't very well done. I hope this airplane wasn't jumbled together as badly as this meal.
See also: jumble, together

jumble something up

to make a hodgepodge out of things. Who jumbled my papers up? Who jumbled up all my papers?
See also: jumble, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

jumble up

v.
To mix some things up in a random, confused, or disorderly manner: The toddler jumbled up the puzzle pieces. The cat jumbled the yarn up.
See also: jumble, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • jumble together
  • jumble up
  • botch up
  • bungle up
  • bollix
  • bollix up
  • bollixed up
  • angling
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