Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - bumble
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Bumble
bumble
(bumbles, bumbling, bumbled) • bumble around When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything. (in BRIT, also use bumble about) Most of us are novices on the computer–just bumbling about on them. PHRASAL VERB: V P
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1.
I. intransitive verb (~d; bumbling) Etymology: Middle English bomblen to boom, of imitative origin Date: 15th century 1. buzz 2. drone, rumble II. verb (~d; bumbling) Etymology: perhaps alteration of bungle Date: 1532 intransitive verb 1. blunder; specifically to speak ineptly in a stuttering and faltering manner 2. to proceed unsteadily ; stumble transitive verb bungle • ~r noun • bumblingly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
v.intr. 1 (foll. by on) speak in a rambling incoherent way. 2 (often as bumbling adj.) move or act ineptly; blunder. 3 make a buzz or hum. Derivatives bumbler n. Etymology: BOOM(1) + -LE(4): partly f. bumble = blunderer ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. путаница, беспорядок 2. путаник 3. путать; создавать путаницу 4. работать неумело, портить to bumble a job —- испортить дело ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
v. 1) путать 2) запинаться, заикаться - bumble through BUMBLE through прожить неорганизованно, беспорядочно Mr Green just bumbles through life, I dont know how he ever gets anything done. ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ v 1 also bumble on to speak in a confused way so that no-one can understand you (I really don't know what Karl was bumbling on about.) 2 also bumble around to move in an unsteady way ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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