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bum•ble



Pronunciation: (bum'bul), [key]
—v., -bled, -bling,
—n.

—v.i.
1. to bungle or blunder awkwardly; muddle: He somehow bumbled through two years of college.
2. to stumble or stagger.
3. to speak in a low, stuttering, halting manner; mumble.

—v.t.
to do (something) clumsily; botch.

—n.
an awkward blunder.

bum•ble



Pronunciation: (bum'bul), [key]
—v.i., -bled, -bling.
to make a buzzing, humming sound, as a bee.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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