| bumble | (v) speak haltingly, Syn. stutter, stammer, falter |
| bumblebee | (n) robust hairy social bee of temperate regions, Syn. humblebee |
| cuckoo-bumblebee | (n) a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees |
| botch | (v) make a mess of, destroy or ruin, Syn. flub, bollocks, botch up, ball up, muck up, mess up, bumble, bollocks up, fluff, fuck up, fumble, foul up, bollix, bungle, spoil, bollix up, bobble, muff, bodge, louse up, blow, screw up, mishandle |
| bungler | (n) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence, Syn. bumbler, stumbler, fuckup, botcher, butcher, blunderer, fumbler, sad sack |
| stumble | (v) walk unsteadily, Syn. bumble, falter |
| Bumble | n. [ See Bump to boom. ] (Zool.) The bittern. [ Local, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bumble | v. i. To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to buzz; to cry as a bittern. [ 1913 Webster ] As a bittern bumbleth in the mire. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bumble | v. i. to act ineptly or without clear understanding of what one is doing; to blunder; to stumble about; -- sometimes used with around. [ PJC ] |
| Bumble | v. t. to bungle (a task). [ PJC ] |
| Bumblebee | n. [ OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee. ] (Zool.) A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bumblepuppy | n. [ Origin unknown; cf. Bumble, n. ] 1. The old game of nineholes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 2. (Card Playing) Whist played in an unscientific way. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| cuckoo-bumblebee | n. 1. a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
