How to pronounce scumble
American English pronunciation
SKUM-bul
- IPA
- /ˈskʌmbəl/
- Syllables
- SKUM · bul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What scumble means
To soften a painting with a thin, cloudy layer of paint
In a sentence: The artist scumbled white over the blue hills to make them look misty.
Where it comes from: No one is sure where it came from. It may come from the word scum with an ending that means doing something again and again.
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