bumble /ˈbʌmbəl/verb 6noun 3forms 3phrases 1 verb6 •To act or move in an awkward or confused manner (often clumsily, incompetently, or carelessly).Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them. •To carry out (a task) clumsily, incompetently, or with many careless mistakes; to bungle, to botch. •To speak in a rambling, incoherent, or indistinct manner, especially at tedious length. •To buzz or bum. •To boom, as a Eurasian bittern. •(no longer used) To grumble at; to blame. noun3 •A bumblebee. •A confusion; a jumble. •(dialect, UK) A Eurasian bittern. formsbumbled · bumbling · bumbles Phrases with bumble bumble alongTo move slowly or awkwardly along one's way.