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ˈchumble, v. Orig. and chiefly dial.
Also 9 chamble, chimble.
[cf. chump, champ.]
a. To gnaw, nibble, peck.
1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 94 Hips and haws..That chumbled lie about their hole. Ibid. I. 202 The little chumbling mouse Gnarls the dead leaves for her house. 1879Shropsh. Word-bk., Dunna put the canary so much sid to chamble an' flirt about. 1881Leicestersh. Gloss. s.v., ‘Woon't 'e chimble a wa'nut?’ ‘The rots 'a bin chimblin' the hee.’ 1889Mod. Northampton Dial., I saw a rat sitting chimbling rushes by the side of the brook. 1940L. A. G. Strong Sun on Water 89 He washed them [sc. false teeth] carefully in a second pool, put them in his mouth, and chumbled with satisfaction at the harsh, clean taste of the salt water. 1941Mind L. 232, I can hear the sound of moths chumbling the clothes in that chest. 1961Sunday Times 30 July 9/6 She was chumbling cake, but eased off to say to her daughter, through it, ‘Squiffed, en 'e?’
b. fig. (Cf. chew v. 3.)
1922T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 386 Lack of sleep hurts when it is due to brain-weariness, or to a man's chumbling his miseries and regrets over and over. |