bumble

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English - English
To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes

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

A bumble-bee
The bittern
To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly
A confusion, jumble
To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern
speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room
{f} stumble, plod, be pulled along; make an error, commit a blunder; stammer, mumble, stutter
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"
+ bumble around bumble around When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything. Most of us are novices on the computer -- just bumbling about on them
speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
bumble-bee
Alternative spelling of bumblebee
bumble bee
{i} any of several types of large bees
bumble puppy
tetherball, type of ball game for two people where a ball is suspended by a cord on a vertical pole (the objective of the game is to wrap the cord around the pole by hitting the ball in a direction opposite to that of the opponent)
bumbler
Someone who bumbles; a stumbler or blunderer
bumbling
Present participle of bumble
bumbling
An act of bumbling, a mistake or error especially through clumsiness
bumbled
past of bumble
bumbler
{i} blunderer, one who errs through stupidity or carelessness; bungler, one who messes things up
bumbles
plural of bumble
bumbling
{s} awkward, clumsy; boastful, self-important (taken from a character in a Dickens novel)
bumbling
If you describe a person or their behaviour as bumbling, you mean that they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything. a clumsy, bumbling, inarticulate figure. behaving in a careless way and making a lot of mistakes
bumbling
Vorse
bumbling
not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H
bumble

    Hyphenation

    bum·ble

    Turkish pronunciation

    bʌmbıl

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbəmbəl/ /ˈbʌmbəl/

    Etymology

    [ 'b&m-b&l ] (intransitive verb.) 15th century. {onomatopoeia} . Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.

    Common Collocations

    bumble bee
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