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Meaning of BUMBLE

Pronunciation:  'bumbul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  speak haltingly
  2. [v]  walk unsteadily
  3. [v]  make a mess of, destroy or ruin
 
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 Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bungle, falter, falter, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil, stammer, stumble, stutter
 
 See Also: fail, go wrong, miscarry, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize, walk

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Bum"ble\, n. [See {Bump} to boom.] (Zo["o]l.)
    The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
    
  2. \Bum"ble\, v. i.
    To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee;
    to cry as a bittern.
          As a bittern bumbleth in the mire.       --Chaucer.
    
 
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 Related Terms: 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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