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 Definitions of bumble  [ˈbʌm bəl]  

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Definition of 'bumble' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) bumble
to bungle or blunder awkwardly.

2.  bumble
to stumble or stagger.

3.  bumble
to mumble.

4. (v.t.) bumble
to bungle or botch.

5. (n.) bumble
an awkward blunder.

6. (v.i.) bumble
to make a buzzing, humming sound.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME bomblen, freq. of bomben to buzz)

Definition of 'bumble' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
"I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

2. (verb) stumble, falter, bumble
walk unsteadily
"The drunk man stumbled about"

3. (verb) bumble, stutter, stammer, falter
speak haltingly
"The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"


Definition of 'bumble' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) bumble
the bittern

2. (verb) bumble
to make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern



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