Bumble Definition
bŭmbəl
bumbled, bumbles, bumbling
verb
bumbled, bumbles, bumbling
To blunder.
Webster's New World
To speak in a faltering manner.
American Heritage
To make a humming or droning sound; buzz.
American Heritage
To stumble.
Webster's New World
To move, act, or proceed clumsily.
American Heritage
noun
bumbles
A humming or droning sound; a buzz.
American Heritage
A bumble-bee.
Wiktionary
(UK, dialect) The bittern.
Wiktionary
Origin of Bumble
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Verb: Frequentative of boom and/or bum, equivalent to bum + -le.
From Wiktionary
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Onomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.
From Wiktionary
Middle English bomblen of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Perhaps blend of bungle stumble
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Noun: From the verb.
From Wiktionary
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