BUMBLING

bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed

(adjective) lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; “a bumbling mechanic”; “a bungling performance”; “ham-handed governmental interference”; “could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature”- Mary H. Vorse

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

bumbling

present participle of bumble

Noun

bumbling (plural bumblings)

The act of one who bumbles; a mistake or error, especially through clumsiness.

Adjective

bumbling (comparative more bumbling, superlative most bumbling)

Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent; showing little or no skill.

Source: Wiktionary


BUMBLE

Bum"ble, n. Etym: [See Bump to boom.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The bittern. [Local, Eng.]

Bum"ble, v. i.

Definition: To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern. As a bittern bumbleth in the mire. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 April 2025

WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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