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Verb: bumble  búmbul
  1. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
    - botch, bodge [Brit], fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub [N. Amer], screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bobble [N. Amer], mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, bugger, balls up
     
  2. Walk unsteadily
    - stumble, falter
     
  3. Speak haltingly
    - stutter, stammer, falter

Derived forms: bumbled, bumbles, bumbling

See also: bumbler

Type of: fail, go wrong, miscarry, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, walk

Encyclopedia: Bumble