Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bumble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bumble \Bum"ble\, n. [See {Bump} to boom.] (Zo["o]l.)
The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bumble \Bum"ble\, v. i.
To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee;
to cry as a bittern.
As a bittern bumbleth in the mire. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bumble
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin [syn: {botch}, {fumble}, {botch
up}, {muff}, {blow}, {flub}, {screw up}, {ball up}, {spoil},
{muck up}, {bungle}, {fluff}, {bollix}, {bollix up}, {bollocks},
{bollocks up}, {bobble}, {mishandle}, {louse up}, {foul
up}, {mess up}, {fuck up}]
2: walk unsteadily [syn: {stumble}, {falter}]
3: speak haltingly [syn: {stutter}, {stammer}, {falter}]
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