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drumbling

drumbling is the present participle and gerund of drumble.

Meaning of drumble

Verb

drumble (third-person singular simple present drumbles, present participle drumbling, simple past and past participle drumbled)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be sluggish or lazy.
    • Go, take up these clothes here. Quickly! Where's the / cowl-staff? Look how you drumble! Carry them to the / laundress in Datchet Mead. Quickly! Come.a. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 3, scene 3
    Synonyms:
    loiter
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be confused.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To mumble in speaking.
  4. (obsolete) To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble.

Questions about drumbling

What is drumbling the present participle and gerund of?
Drumbling is the present participle and gerund of drumble.

Words near drumbling in the dictionary

  1. drumble
  2. drumbled
  3. drumbledore
  4. drumbledores
  5. drumbles
  6. drumbling
  7. Drumborg
  8. Drumburgh
  9. Drumchapel
  10. Drumcondra
  11. drumette

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