bumble
/ˈbʌmbəl/
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Northern England/ˈbʊmbəl/
bumble noun: a confusion; a jumble.
Noun (1)
bumble (plural bumbles)
Verb (1)
bumble (third-person singular simple present bumbles, present participle bumbling, simple past and past participle bumbled)
- To act or move in an awkward or confused manner (often clumsily, incompetently, or carelessly).
- Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.
- To carry out (a task) clumsily, incompetently, or with many careless mistakes; to bungle, to botch.
Verb (2)
bumble (third-person singular simple present bumbles, present participle bumbling, simple past and past participle bumbled)
- To boom, as a Eurasian bittern.
- To buzz or bum.
- To speak in a rambling, incoherent, or indistinct manner, especially at tedious length.
- To grumble at; to blame.
Noun (2)
bumble (plural bumbles)
- A bumblebee.
- A Eurasian bittern.
bumble meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bumble in Hindi
- बम्बल
bumble in Tamil
- குளறு, உளறு
bumble in Marathi
- बंबल
bumble in Urdu
- گڑبڑ, انتشار, بھن بھنانا
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- bumble in Bengali
- বাম্বল
- bumble in Telugu
- బంబుల్
- bumble in Malayalam
- കുഴങ്ങിയ മട്ടിൽ ചുറ്റിത്തിരിയുക, തപ്പിത്തടഞ്ഞു നടക്കുക, ഇടറി നടക്കുക, കാലുറയ്ക്കാതെ നടക്കുക
- bumble in Kannada
- ಹರಟು, ಗಳಹು, ಗೊಣಗು
- bumble in Punjabi
- ਬੰਬਲ, ਬੰਬਲ ਕਰਨਾ
- bumble in Odia
- ବମ୍ବଲ, ବାମ୍ବଲ, ବମ୍ବଲ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
- bumble in Nepali
- बम्बल, बाम्बल, बम्बल गर्न
- bumble in Vietnamese
- loạng quạng
Forms of bumble
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bumbles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bumbles |
| present participle | bumbling |
| past participle | bumbled |
| past | bumbled |
Origin of bumble
Onomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.
* Verb: Frequentative of boom and/or bum, equivalent to bum + -le. * Noun: From the verb.
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Questions about bumble
- What does bumble mean?
- Bumble means a confusion; a jumble.
- What is bumble in Hindi?
- Bumble in Hindi is बम्बल. See Bumble meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bumble?
- Bumble can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bumble?
- Bumble is pronounced /ˈbʌmbəl/.
- What is the plural of bumble?
- The plural of bumble is bumbles.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bumble (page history and authors); bumble (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bumble (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bumble (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bumble (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bumble (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bumble (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bumble (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); bumble (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bumble (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bumble (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bumble (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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