[W/K] :: bumble

  Bumble \Bum"ble\, n. [See Bump to boom.] (Zool.)
     The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
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  Bumble \Bum"ble\, v. i.
     To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee;
     to buzz; to cry as a bittern.
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           As a bittern bumbleth in the mire.       --Chaucer.
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  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.
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  Bumble \Bum"ble\, v. t.
     to bungle (a task).
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  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]

  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