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Definition of bumble verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

bumble

verb

NAmE//ˈbʌmbl//

[intransitive] + adv./prep.Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bumble

he / she / it bumbles

past simple bumbled

-ing form bumbling

to act or move in an awkward or confused way I could hear him bumbling around in the kitchen.

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