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bumble
1[buhm-buhl]
verb (used without object)
to bungle or blunder awkwardly; muddle.
He somehow bumbled through two years of college.
to stumble or stagger.
to speak in a low, stuttering, halting manner; mumble.
verb (used with object)
to do (something) clumsily; botch.
noun
an awkward blunder.
bumble
2[buhm-buhl]
verb (used without object)
to make a buzzing, humming sound, as a bee.
bumble
1/ ˈʌə /
verb
to speak or do in a clumsy, muddled, or inefficient way
he bumbled his way through his speech
(intr) to proceed unsteadily; stumble
noun
a blunder or botch
bumble
2/ ˈʌə /
verb
(intr) to make a humming sound
Other 51Թ Forms
- bumbler noun
- ˈܳ noun
- ˈܳԲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bumble2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bumble1
Origin of bumble2
Example Sentences
When, in the farcical, action-oriented second half, some attempt to execute a … plot, they bumble and argue and push each other to the front.
At 48, Miller had floundered and bumbled through a 20-year career, to the dismay of his superiors, who could not muster the will to fire him.
Our devotion to corporate jargon fuels enough inspirational business literature to cave in a library, most of which is useless, like the writings of Mark S.’s bumbling brother-in-law Ricken Hale.
Yet something in the direction, something like affection for these bumbling adults and young adults, lightens the tone.
Move over Mark Darcy, there's a new handsome, charming and slightly bumbling man in town: Alexander.
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