• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌmbəl/

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• Rhymes: -ʌmbəl

Onomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.

bumble (plural bumbles)

1. A confusion; a jumble.

bumble (third-person singular simple present bumbles, present participle bumbling, simple past and past participle bumbled)

1. To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.

   Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.

• bungle
• fumble
• jumble

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

bumble (third-person singular simple present bumbles, present participle bumbling, simple past and past participle bumbled)

1. (intransitive) To boom, as a Eurasian bittern.
2. (intransitive) To buzz, as a fly.

• bumblebee
• bumblebird

bumble (plural bumbles)

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