Bumble Definition

bŭmbəl
bumbled, bumbles, bumbling
verb
bumbled, bumbles, bumbling
To blunder.
Webster's New World
To speak in a faltering manner.
American Heritage
To make a humming or droning sound; buzz.
American Heritage
To stumble.
Webster's New World
To move, act, or proceed clumsily.
American Heritage
noun
bumbles
A humming or droning sound; a buzz.
American Heritage
Wiktionary
Wiktionary

(UK, dialect) The bittern.

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Other Word Forms of Bumble

Noun

Singular:
bumble
Plural:
bumbles

Origin of Bumble

  • Verb: Frequentative of boom and/or bum, equivalent to bum +‎ -le.

    From Wiktionary

  • Onomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English bomblen of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Perhaps blend of bungle stumble

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Noun: From the verb.

    From Wiktionary

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