English
Category:English words with multiple etymologies
Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�mb�l|-�mb�l
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic. Confer bungle, jumble, fumble.
Noun
en-noun
#A confusion, jumble.
Verb
en-verb|bumbl|ing
#To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.
#:Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.
Etymology 2
Noun: From the verb.
Verb: Frequentative of boom and/or bum.
Noun
en-noun
#A bumble-bee.
#(provincial) The bittern.
Verb
en-verb|bumbl|ing
#intransitive To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly.
Related terms
bumble-bee
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