Bumbled vs Fumbled - What's the difference?
bumbled | fumbled |
(bumble)
To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.
To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly.
(fumble)
(intransitive) To idly touch or nervously handle
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(intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
* Fielding
To blunder uncertainly.
To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
* Chesterfield
* Wordsworth
(transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc.
To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
* Shakespeare
As verbs the difference between bumbled and fumbled
is that bumbled is past tense of bumble while fumbled is past tense of fumble.bumbled
English
Verb
(head)bumble
English
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeia. English onomatopoeias Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.Verb
(bumbl)- Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.
Derived terms
* BumblefuckEtymology 2
* Noun: From the verb. * Verb: Frequentative of boom'' and/or ''bum , equivalent to .Verb
(bumbl)fumbled
English
Verb
(head)fumble
English
Verb
(fumbl)- Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.
- He fumbled the key into the lock.
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- He fumbled for his keys.
- He fumbled his way to the light-switch.
- Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
- He fumbled through his prepared speech.
- to fumble for an excuse
- My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles .
- Alas! how he fumbles about the domains.
- I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers.
