bumble

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to move or act in a clumsy, blundering way

   He bumbled through his speech, dropping his notes twice.

A frequentative formation, probably from boom or bumble in imitation of a confused buzzing or stumbling, partly influenced by stumble. Compare bumblebee.

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