bumble

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʌmbəl/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌmbəl

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia.

Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.

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.

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Etymology 2

  • Noun: From the verb.
  • Verb: Frequentative of boom and/or bum, equivalent to bum +‎ -le.

Noun

bumble (plural bumbles)

  1. A bumble-bee.
  2. (Britain, dialect) 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.
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