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  • 91tumble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. fall, roll; leap, spring; throw, overturn, disarrange, dishevel, tousle; toss, pitch. See descent, agitation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. drop, plunge, descend; see fall 1 , topple , trip 1 . III (Roget s …

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  • 92patchwork — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. jumble, hodgepodge, pastiche, potpourri, grab bag, muddle; see also confusion 2 , disorder 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. jumble, hodgepodge, mixture, miscellany, mishmash, conglomeration, melange, potpourri, pastiche …

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  • 93car boot sales —    Car boot sales, along with garage sales and attic sales, as forms of private selling are a phenomenon of recent years and reflect a number of economic and social trends and cultural practices. Jumble sales have traditionally been held in, for… …

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  • 94muddle — 1. verb 1) you ve muddled things up Syn: confuse, mix up, jumble (up), disarrange, disorganize, disorder, disturb, mess up 2) she became muddled Syn: bewilder, confuse, bemuse …

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  • 95confusion — 1 Confusion, disorder, chaos, disarray, jumble, clutter, snarl, muddle are comparable when they mean the state or a condition in which things are not in their right places or arranged in their right relations to each other, or an instance of such …

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  • 96muddle — v 1. mix, mix up, jumble, jumble together, throw together, tumble; scramble, tangle, ensnarl; clutter, litter, turn upside down, mess, mess up, make a mess of; disarrange, derange, disorder, disarray, disorganize. 2. botch, bungle, blunder,… …

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  • 97pi — I [[t]paɪ[/t]] n. pl. pis 1) ling. the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (Π, π) 2) math. a) the letter π, used as the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter b) the ratio itself: 3.14159+ • Etymology: 1835–45; <… …

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  • 98mare's nest — noun a confused multitude of things • Syn: ↑clutter, ↑jumble, ↑muddle, ↑fuddle, ↑welter, ↑smother • Derivationally related forms: ↑muddle (for: ↑ …

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  • 99mix up — verb 1. assemble without order or sense She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence • Syn: ↑jumble, ↑confuse • Derivationally related forms: ↑confusion (for: ↑confuse), ↑ …

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  • 100throw together — verb 1. produce shoddily, without much attention to detail • Syn: ↑fudge together • Hypernyms: ↑produce, ↑make, ↑create • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2 …

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