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bəl verb (used without object)
1.
to bungle or blunder awkwardly; muddle: He somehow bumbled through two years of college.
2.
to stumble or stagger.
3.
to speak in a low, stuttering, halting manner; mumble.
verb (used with object)
4.
to do (something) clumsily; botch.
noun
5.
an awkward blunder.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English bomblen, frequentative of bomben to boom, buzz; imitative
1350–1400; Middle English bomblen, frequentative of bomben to boom, buzz; imitative
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bumble1 (ˈbʌmbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to speak or do in a clumsy, muddled, or inefficient way: he bumbled his way through his speech |
| 2. | (intr) to proceed unsteadily; stumble |
| —n | |
| 3. | a blunder or botch |
| [C16: perhaps a blend of | |
| 'bumbler1 | |
| —n | |
| 'bumbling1 | |
| —n, —adj | |
| bumble2 (ˈbʌmbəl) | |
| —vb | |
| (intr) to make a humming sound | |
| [C14 bomblen to buzz, boom, of imitative origin] | |
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Example sentences
Flowers with restricted accessibility are visited by bumble bees at higher elevations.
Description and comparison of carpenter bees to bumble bees.
They bumble along through life never really contemplating the life they live unaware in difficult to define ways.
Bees also need a variety of sizes, ranging from big sturdy flowers for the bumble bees to small delicate ones for the sweat bees.
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