bumbling

Verb (1)

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

1. (intransitive) 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.
2. (transitive) 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)

1. (intransitive) To boom, as a Eurasian bittern.
2. (intransitive) To buzz or bum.
3. (intransitive, frequently with on) To speak in a rambling, incoherent, or indistinct manner, especially at tedious length.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To grumble at; to blame.

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