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Bumbled vs Bimbled - What's the difference?

bumbled | bimbled |

As verbs the difference between bumbled and bimbled

is that bumbled is (bumble) while bimbled is (bimble).

bumbled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bumble)

    • bumble

    English

    Etymology 1

    Onomatopoeia. English onomatopoeias Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A confusion, jumble.

    • Verb

    (bumbl)
  • To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.
    • Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.

    Derived terms

    * Bumblefuck

    Related terms

    * bungle * fumble * jumble

    Etymology 2

    * Noun: From the verb. * Verb: Frequentative of boom'' and/or ''bum , equivalent to .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bumble-bee.
  • (UK, dialect) The bittern.

    • Verb

    (bumbl)
  • To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly.

    • Related terms

    * bumble-bee English terms with multiple etymologies

    bimbled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bimble)

    • bimble

    English

    Noun

    (bimbles)
  • (chiefly, British) A gentle, meandering walk with no particular haste or purpose.

    • Synonyms

    * stroll

    Verb

  • (chiefly, British, 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.

    Synonyms

    * amble, dander, roam, saunter, stroll, wander