bumble

bumble
    v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
         we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
         passage in the second movement" [syn: {botch}, {bodge},
         {bumble}, {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; "The drunk man stumbled about" [syn:
       {stumble}, {falter}, {bumble}]
    3: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his
       opponent enter the room" [syn: {bumble}, {stutter},
       {stammer}, {falter}]
    

Bumble \Bum"ble\, n. [See {Bump} to boom.] (Zool.)
   The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
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Bumble \Bum"ble\, v. i.
   To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee;
   to buzz; to cry as a bittern.
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         As a bittern bumbleth in the mire.       --Chaucer.
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Bumble \Bum"ble\, v. i.
   to act ineptly or without clear understanding of what one is
   doing; to blunder; to stumble about; -- sometimes used with
   around.
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Bumble \Bum"ble\, v. t.
   to bungle (a task).
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38 Moby Thesaurus words for "bumble":
      be all thumbs, blow, blunder, blunder away, blunder into,
      blunder on, blunder upon, bobble, boggle, bollix, bombinate, botch,
      bum, bungle, butcher, buzz, commit a gaffe, drone, faux pas,
      flounder, fumble, lumber, lurch, mar, miscue, mucker, muddle, muff,
      murder, play havoc with, screw up, slip, snapper, spoil, strum,
      stumble, thrum, trip