Advanced English Word of the Day
bumblingDefinitions
| English > English | |
| bumbling | |
| 1. n. The act of one who bumbles; a mistake or error, especially through clumsiness. |  |
| 2. adj. Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent; showing little or no skill. | |
| bumble | |
| 1. n. A confusion; a jumble. | |
| 2. v. To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes. | |
| Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly. | |
| 4. n. A bumble-bee. | |
| 5. n. (dialect) The bittern. | |
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