Meaning of BUMBLE
Pronunciation: | | 'bumbul
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [v] speak haltingly
- [v] walk unsteadily
- [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 |
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| See Also: | | fail, go wrong, miscarry, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize, walk | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Bum"ble\, n. [See {Bump} to boom.] (Zo["o]l.)
The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
\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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