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English Dictionary: Bumble |
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3 results for Bumble |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- bumble
- v
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
Synonym(s): botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
- walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
Synonym(s): stumble, falter, bumble
- speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
Synonym(s): bumble, stutter, stammer, falter
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Bumble \Bum"ble\, n. [See {Bump} to boom.] (Zo[94]l.)
The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Bumble \Bum"ble\, v. i.
To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee;
to cry as a bittern.
As a bittern bumbleth in the mire. --Chaucer.
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