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bum (2)
bum bag
bum jumping
bum out
bum rap
bum-rush
bum steer
bumbershoot
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bumble-puppy
bumblebee
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bumble (1)
bumble [ búmb'l ] (3rd person present singular bumbles, present participle bumbling, past and past participle bumbled)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb speak clumsily: to speak in a hesitant or muddled way
2. transitive verb move clumsily: to move or proceed clumsily
[Mid-16th century. Origin ?]

bumbler noun
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