[buhm-buh
l] 
verb, -bled, -bling, noun | 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. |
| 4. | to do (something) clumsily; botch. |
| 5. | an awkward blunder. |
[buhm-buhl] | to make a buzzing, humming sound, as a bee. |
| bum·ble 1 (bŭm'bəl) v. bum·bled, bum·bling, bum·bles v. intr.
To bungle; botch. [Perhaps blend of bungle and stumble.] bum'bler n. |
| bum·ble 2 (bŭm'bəl) intr.v. bum·bled, bum·bling, bum·bles To make a humming or droning sound; buzz. n. A humming or droning sound; a buzz. [Middle English bomblen, of imitative origin.] |
