bumble
/ˈbʌmbəl/ verb C2- To act or move in an awkward or confused manner (often clumsily, incompetently, or carelessly). · Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.
- To carry out (a task) clumsily, incompetently, or with many careless mistakes; to bungle, to botch.
He/she/it bumbles · Past bumbled · Past participle bumbled · -ing form bumbling
Verb forms
- Base form
- bumble
- He/she/it
- bumbles
- Past
- bumbled
- Past participle
- bumbled
- -ing form
- bumbling
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High o'erhead the Bumble Bee
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