Bumble

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  Rhymes: -ʌmbəl

Noun

Bumble (plural Bumbles)

1. A confusion, jumble.

Verb

Bumble (third-person singular simple present Bumbles, present participle bumbling, simple past and past participle bumbled)

1. To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.

   Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.

Derived terms

• Bumblefuck

Related terms

• bungle
• fumble
• jumble

Noun

Bumble (plural Bumbles)

1. A bumble-bee.
2. (provincial) The bittern.

Verb

Bumble (third-person singular simple present Bumbles, present participle bumbling, simple past and past participle bumbled)

1. (intransitive) To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly.

Related terms

• bumble-bee

Thesaurus

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