VERB | social | bumble, botch, bodge, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up | make a mess of, destroy or ruin |
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motion | bumble, stumble, falter | walk unsteadily | |
communication | bumble, stutter, stammer, falter | speak haltingly |
Sounds | bah'mbahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | make a mess of, destroy or ruin. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | botch, bodge, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up | |
Broader | fail, go wrong, miscarry | Be unsuccessful |
Spanish | apelotonar, arruinar, cagarla, chapucear, estropear, joderla, pifiar | |
Catalan | arruïnar, cagar-la, esguerrar, espatllar, espifiar, fer barroerament, fotre | |
Nouns | bumbler | someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence |
Meaning | walk unsteadily. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | Sam and Sue bumble | |
Synonyms | stumble, falter | |
Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
Spanish | titubear, trastabillar, tropezar | |
Catalan | ensopegar, entrebancar-se |
Meaning | speak haltingly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | stutter, stammer, falter | |
Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
Spanish | balbucear, balbucir, tartamudear | |
Catalan | balbucejar, quequejar, titubar, titubejar |
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