v.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: bumbled ; bumbling
Etymology: perhaps alteration of bungle
Date: 1532
intransitive verb
1 : BLUNDER specifically : to speak ineptly in a stuttering and faltering manner
2 : to proceed unsteadily : STUMBLE
transitive verb : BUNGLE
– bum · bler \ -b( ə -)l ə r \ noun
– bum · bling · ly \ -b( ə -)li ŋ -l ē \ adverb