Bumble

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŒmbÉ™l

Onomatopoeia.

Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.

Full definition of bumble

Noun

1. A confusion, jumble.

Verb

1. To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.

Derived terms

• Bumblefuck

Related terms

• bungle
• fumble
• jumble

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

Noun

1. A bumble-bee.
2. (UK, dialect) The bittern.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly.

Related terms

• bumble-bee