different between bumble vs bimble

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?mb?l/
• Rhymes: -?mb?l

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.

Noun

bumble (plural bumbles)

1. A confusion; a jumble.

Verb

bumble (third-person singular simple present bumbles, present participle bumbling, simple past and past participle bumbled)

1. To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.

Translations

Derived terms

• Bumblefuck

Related terms

• bungle
• fumble
• jumble

Etymology 2

• Verb: Frequentative of boom and/or bum, equivalent to bum +? -le.
• Noun: From the verb.

Verb

bumble (third-person singular simple present bumbles, present participle bumbling, simple past and past participle bumbled)

1. (intransitive) To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly.

Related terms

• bumble-bee

Noun

bumble (plural bumbles)

1. A bumble-bee.
2. (Britain, dialect) The bittern.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?mb?l/
• Rhymes: -?mb?l

Noun

bimble (plural bimbles)

1. (chiefly Britain) A gentle, meandering walk with no particular haste or purpose.

Synonyms

• stroll

Verb

bimble (third-person singular simple present bimbles, present participle bimbling, simple past and past participle bimbled)

1. (chiefly Britain, intransitive) To walk with no particular haste or purpose.
   • 2007, Paul Simon, "Surf, snow and city in one break," The Observer (UK), 28 Jan. (retrieved 18 Jan. 2009):

     Check-in ran like clockwork and after unpacking, we bimbled off to the cycle centre, hired two bikes and a kiddy trailer for the boys and set off to get our bearings.

2. (chiefly Scotland, intransitive) To pretend to go for a local, leisurely paragliding flight but instead end up doing record breaking cross country flight.

Synonyms

• amble, dander, roam, saunter, stroll, wander

Anagrams

• belimb