bumble
bumble · bumbles
A confusion; a jumbleA confusion; a jumble.
/ˈbʌmbəl/
» The bumbling waiter spilled soup on a customer.
Неуклюжий официант пролил на посетителя суп.
Meaning
3 sensesA confusion; a jumble.
A bumblebee.
(Ireland, UK, dialectal)A Eurasian bittern.
Examples
3 sentencesThe bumbling waiter spilled soup on a customer.
ruНеуклюжий официант пролил на посетителя суп. — marafon
I bumbled through my presentation and forgot my main points.
Tom was known mainly for the bumbling characters he played in television films from the 70s and 80s.
deTom erlangte vor allem durch seine Trottelrollen in den Fernsehfilmen der 70er und 80er Bekanntheit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
Onomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble. * Verb: Frequentative of boom and/or buOnomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.
* Verb: Frequentative of boom and/or bum, equivalent to bum + -le.
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