bumble Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
    muck up; foul up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; mishandle; bollocks; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; flub; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up; bungle.
    • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
    • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
  2. verb walk unsteadily
    falter; stumble.
    • The drunk man stumbled about
  3. verb speak haltingly
    falter; stammer; stutter.
    • The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room

WordNet

Bum"ble noun
Etymology
See Bump to boom.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The bittern. Local, Eng.
Bum"ble intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913