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Definitions for Bumbling

[1] liable to make awkward blunders: a bumbling mechanic.
[2] clumsily incompetent or ineffectual: bumbling diplomacy.
[3] the act or practice of making blunders: The bumbling of their officers cost them the battle.
[4] to bungle or blunder awkwardly; muddle: He somehow bumbled through two years of college.
[5] to stumble or stagger.
[6] to speak in a low, stuttering, halting manner; mumble.
[7] to do (something) clumsily; botch.
[8] an awkward blunder.
[9] to make a buzzing, humming sound, as a bee.
[10] to speak or do in a clumsy, muddled, or inefficient way he bumbled his way through his speech
[11] (intr) to proceed unsteadily; stumble
[12] a blunder or botch
[13] (intr) to make a humming sound

Words related to Bumbling

inept, bungling, blundering, awkward, clumsy, gauche, graceless, maladroit, unpolished, butterfingered

Words nearby Bumbling

bumbleberry, bumbledom, bumblefoot, bumbleheaded, bumblepuppy, bumbling, bumboat, bumbry, bumetanide, bumf, bumfluff

Origin of Bumbling

e21350–1400; Middle English bomblen, frequentative of bomben to boom, buzz; imitative

Other words from Bumbling

bum·bling·ly , adverb
bum·bler , noun

Word origin for Bumbling

eC14 bomblen to buzz, boom, of imitative origin

Synonyms for Bumbling

inept, blundering, bungling, awkward, butterfingered, clumsy, gauche, graceless, maladroit, unpolished