bumble

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʌmbəl/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌmbəl

Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.

Noun

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bumble (plural bumbles)

  1. A confusion; a jumble.

Verb

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bumble (third-person singular simple present bumbles, present participle bumbling, simple past and past participle bumbled)

  1. To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.
    Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.
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Etymology 2

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  • Verb: Frequentative of boom and/or bum, equivalent to bum +‎ -le.
  • Noun: From the verb.
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Verb

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bumble (third-person singular simple present bumbles, present participle bumbling, simple past and past participle bumbled)

  1. (intransitive) To boom, as a Eurasian bittern.
  2. (intransitive) To buzz, as a fly.
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Noun

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bumble (plural bumbles)

  1. A bumble-bee.
  2. (UK, Ireland, dialect) The Eurasian bittern.