bumphle

English

Noun

bumphle (plural bumphles)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A lump or mound where fabric does not lie smoothly.
   • 1994, Scottish Language - Issues 13-16, page 9:

     At the risk of sounding like Walter Scott's Antiquary, seeing Roman remains in ilka bumphle in the landscape, I would like to point out that a third of all Roman coin finds in Fife have come from the centre of the modern town of Kirkcaldy.

   • 2010, Janice Galloway, Where You Find It:

     I look down at the dressing gown belt, the big bumphle in the knot and try to look casual.

   • 2015, John Byrne, The Slab Boys Trilogy:

     SADIE: I wondered what the bumphles were.

Verb

bumphle (third-person singular simple present bumphles, present participle bumphling, simple past and past participle bumphled)

1. (chiefly Scotland) To form or cause a bumphle.
   • 1994, Andrew Motion, Candice Rodd, New Writing 3 - Volume 3, page 341:

     I don't look in the mirror but it seems to fit as much as this sort of stuff ever does and the feather bits don't bumphle the material as much as you'd think.

   • 2012, Lucy Mangan, My Family and Other Disasters:

     'Because the cushions have just been bumphled,' I replied. 'We're not allowed to use it until Thursday.'

   • 2015, Karen Campbell, Rise:

     Even her legs, bare and mottled beneath her bumphled skirts, have a healthy growth about them.