'Bumble' definitions:
Definition of 'Bumble'
From: GCIDE
- Bumble \Bum"ble\, n. [See Bump to boom.] (Zool.) The bittern. [Local, Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bumble'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Bumble'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Bumble'
From: GCIDE
- Bumble \Bum"ble\, v. t. to bungle (a task). [PJC]
Synonyms of 'bumble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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