Bumble

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bumble \Bum"ble\, n. [See {Bump} to boom.] (Zool.)
     The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Bumble \Bum"ble\, v. i.
     To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee;
     to buzz; to cry as a bittern.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           As a bittern bumbleth in the mire.       --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bumble \Bum"ble\, v. i.
     to act ineptly or without clear understanding of what one is
     doing; to blunder; to stumble about; -- sometimes used with
     around.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bumble \Bum"ble\, v. t.
     to bungle (a task).
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bumble
       v 1: 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" [syn: {botch},
             {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}]
       2: walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about" [syn: {stumble},
           {falter}]
       3: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his
          opponent enter the room" [syn: {stutter}, {stammer}, {falter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "bumble":
     be all thumbs, blow, blunder, blunder away, blunder into,
     blunder on, blunder upon, bobble, boggle, bollix, bombinate, botch,
     bum, bungle, butcher, buzz, commit a gaffe, drone, faux pas,
     flounder, fumble, lumber, lurch, mar, miscue, mucker, muddle, muff,
     murder, play havoc with, screw up, slip, snapper, spoil, strum,
     stumble, thrum, trip