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bumble¹
- /ˈbʌmbəl/
- /ˈbʊmbəl/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌmbəl
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.
noun bumbles
- A confusion; a jumble.
verb bumbles · bumbling · bumbled
- 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.
- To carry out (a task) clumsily, incompetently, or with many careless mistakes; to bungle, to botch.
bumble²
- /ˈbʌmbəl/
- /ˈbʊmbəl/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌmbəl
Where it comes from
* Verb: Frequentative of boom and/or bum, equivalent to bum + -le.
* Noun: From the verb.
verb bumbles · bumbling · bumbled
- To boom, as a Eurasian bittern.
- To buzz or bum.
- To speak in a rambling, incoherent, or indistinct manner, especially at tedious length.
- To grumble at; to blame.
noun bumbles
- A bumblebee.
- A Eurasian bittern.
