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/ˈbəmbəl/,
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bumbled, past tense; bumbled, past participle; bumbling, present participle; bumbles, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Move or act in an awkward or confused manner
    • - they bumbled around the house
  2. Speak in a confused or indistinct way
    • - the succeeding speakers bumbled
  3. (of an insect) Buzz or hum
    • - she watched a bee bumble among the flowers
  1. (bumble) botch: 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"
  2. (bumble) stumble: walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
  3. (bumble) speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
  4. (bumbling) lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
  5. (Bumble (TV series)) Bumble was a New Zealand children's television series for children ages 2–7 featuring a magical bee. The title character was played by Jason Gunn. The series was produced for TVNZ by the Gunn's wife, Janine Morrell-Gunn.
  6. (Bumbles) Rudolph the Red–Nosed Reindeer is a long-running Christmas television special produced in stop motion animation by Rankin/Bass. ...
  7. (bumble) A confusion, jumble; To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes
  8. (bumbling) An act of bumbling, a mistake or error especially through clumsiness
  9. (bumbling) making careless mistakes in a confused way