bumble
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 6
/ˈbʌmbəl/
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/ˈbʌmbəl/ · /ˈbʊmbəl/
Definition of bumble
9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A confusion; a jumble.
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noun
- A confusion; a jumble.
- A bumblebee.
- (Ireland, UK, dialectal)A Eurasian bittern.
verb
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(intransitive)To act or move in an awkward or confused manner (often clumsily, incompetently, or carelessly).
“Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.”
- (transitive)To carry out (a task) clumsily, incompetently, or with many careless mistakes; to bungle, to botch.
- (intransitive)To boom, as a Eurasian bittern.
- (intransitive)To buzz or bum.
- (intransitive)To speak in a rambling, incoherent, or indistinct manner, especially at tedious length.
- (obsolete, transitive)To grumble at; to blame.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Onomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.
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