DRUMBLE

Etymology

Verb

drumble (third-person singular simple present drumbles, present participle drumbling, simple past and past participle drumbled)

(obsolete, intransitive) To be sluggish or lazy.

(obsolete, intransitive) To be confused.

(obsolete, intransitive) To mumble in speaking.

(obsolete) To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble.

Synonyms

• (to be sluggish): see loiter

Anagrams

• rumbled

Source: Wiktionary


Drum"ble, v. i. Etym: [See Drumly.]

1. To be sluggish or lazy; to be confused. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To mumble in speaking. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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