Word Study
bumble
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb bumble has 3 senses
- bumble(v = verb.social) ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil - 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" is one way to fail, go wrong, miscarry
- bumble(v = verb.motion) falter, stumble - walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about" is one way to walk
- bumble(v = verb.communication) falter, stammer, stutter - speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room" is one way to mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
Derived form noun bumbler1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue bumble
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
bumble, n. [See Bump to boom.].
The bittern. [1913 Webster]
bumble, v. i.
To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to buzz; to cry as a bittern. [1913 Webster]
"As a bittern bumbleth in the mire."
[1913 Webster]
bumble, v. i.
to act ineptly or without clear understanding of what one is doing; to blunder; to stumble about; -- sometimes used with around . [PJC]
bumble, v. t.
to bungle (a task). [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bumble, v.intr.
1 (foll. by on) speak in a rambling incoherent way.
2 (often as bumbling adj.) move or act ineptly; blunder.
3 make a buzz or hum.
1 (foll. by on) speak in a rambling incoherent way.
2 (often as bumbling adj.) move or act ineptly; blunder.
3 make a buzz or hum.
Derivative
bumbler n.
Etymology
BOOM(1) + -LE(4): partly f. bumble = blunderer
THESAURUS
bumble
be all thumbs, blow, blunder, blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, bobble, boggle, bollix, bombinate, botch, bum, bungle, butcher, buzz, commit a gaffe, drone, faux pas, flounder, fumble, lumber, lurch, mar, miscue, mucker, muddle, muff, murder, play havoc with, screw up, slip, snapper, spoil, strum, stumble, thrum, trip
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