bumble
verb /ˈbʌmbl/
/ˈbʌmbl/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bumble | /ˈbʌmbl/ /ˈbʌmbl/ |
| he / she / it bumbles | /ˈbʌmblz/ /ˈbʌmblz/ |
| past simple bumbled | /ˈbʌmbld/ /ˈbʌmbld/ |
| past participle bumbled | /ˈbʌmbld/ /ˈbʌmbld/ |
| -ing form bumbling | /ˈbʌmblɪŋ/ /ˈbʌmblɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to act or move in a way that is not smooth or steady or showing clear thought
- I could hear him bumbling around in the kitchen.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘hum, drone’): from boom ‘a loud sound’ + -le.